John,
I have been following this thread. I assume you have the
oil pressure sender installed into the threaded hole just aft of the fuel pump.(see photo). If you remove the sender and try to prime the engine the
oil should squirt/ gush out of this hole. If it does, the
oil pump is most likely doing it's job. After reinstalling the sender, I would try to prime the $hit out of it with a drill motor while having someone turn the crankshaft with a braker bar or wrench. It should eventually get oil up through the push rods to the rockers. If not, I would remove a rocker arm and then it's push rod to check if there are any obstructions. Upon looking at your photo gallery, I noticed something unusual. You stated you are using roller lifters. The following photo supports this. What has me confused is: the lifter guides seem to be missing in this photo. Did you subsequently install them?
Steve
