setting up valve train problems

[bmxmon]

Alrighty, my cam has the 31 numbers in front, thanks for that info. I lined up the cam and crank gears so the two dots were as close together as possible.(still might be a bit off though, one tooth +or-) One thing that sounds really stupid, but i need to ask, is which way does the crank turn when the engine is running. When i turned it over the bit i have, I have always gone clockwise. I think im ok then on the pushrods, that is how i was adjusting them. I didnt prime my lifters, how do i go about that? Thanks.

[Ieatcamaros]

The crankshaft rotates clockwise when looking at the front of the engine. I like to get a can (like an old soup can or something) and put one lifter in the bottom of it. Make sure the can is good and clean inside. Fill it up with motor oil or transmission fluid where it is just below the top of the lifter (about 1\8" or so). I like to use transmission fluid myself, but it's whatever you have. Take a pushrod and pump the lifter by hand until it gets hard. You'll know when it's there. Then your lifter is primed and ready to install. Repeat 15 more times. Oh yeah, don't wipe the lifters off, just drop 'em in. And another thing, a lifter's travel is only like .100" or so. So there is no need to try to push the plunger through the bottom of itself.