That's a nice compliment! Thank you 79Rat.
I ran the gizmo that the machine shop had for me. I wasn't as easy as I thought, but it worked. The problem was that my air compressor which actually was loaned to me could only get up to 40 psi into the air tank, and I need more. It did work, but I needed more oil, and I only had a couple quarts. I was going to drain some out of the oil pan where last night I had ran three quarts in, but finally it started to drip from the rocker arms. So now I got the oil primer all ready to return to Pacific Auto Machine, and thanks to Garry, Ted, and Kathy there for all the good work! There's just a few final preparations, and I'm going to be ready to put the engine in. I'm going to grease all the joints on the steering linkage and the suspension. I'll hang the transmission bell housing with a heavy wire so I can back up and give myself room for the engine hoist.
I bought the engine hoist on sale at Harbor Freight for about $110. It's now $159. I checked out a lot of options, some of which were over $200 with $150 added to ship. I checked the rental shop here in town, and they wanted $45 a day, plus sales tax. I would then have to ask for help from friends to haul the hoist to and from the rental shop, which wasn't going to work. I took the alternative of buying the new hoist, and I'm glad I did. Now I can use it whenever I'm ready. It was the lowest cost alternative I could find.
I have succeeded at rebuilding another engine at this point. It would not have happened without the help I received so graciously from Tumwatertaz, and Ctmandu. I also got rides to places I needed to go from Larry, and from Hazel, both good friends of mine. I got several other timely rides from Gerald, a neighbor. I had some very expert help from Jeff, also a neighbor. Another friend, Mark, helped to bring the "new" block and other parts home. He also gave me a couple other rides for parts and stuff. My wife has helped me every step of the way.
The test of the engine will be very soon. Tomorrow I'm helping Hazel with her computer, so I don't know if I'll get it in the engine compartment tomorrow, or Thursday, but it should be soon. I know y'all want to see the video of the first time we hit the key!
Here I am adding oil through a hole with a squeeze bottle. Air pressure applied to the tank forces oil through the hose into the oil galley.