Evan:

According to Dennis, who appears to be correct, that the hole has access to
the driving gear of the distributor shaft. It is not meant for access to the
oil pump so that you can prime the oil pump from there.

However, it did work for me once. No mistake about it. My pump only pumped
air but no oil and it continued for a total of 30 minutes with no oil pressure
which eventually ruined my new set of piston/cylinder liner. But after I poured
oil into there the subsequent restart of the engine got the oil pump going
instantly. So I guess you can give it a try to see if what I experienced was
only a fantasy or not.

Here is the location of that hole. The hole is covered by a heart shaped metal
plate about 1/4"thick right next to the distributor. It is secured by two nuts
of 13mm aize on two long (1 inch long) studs coming out of the top of the block.
Just loosen and remove the two nuts and remove the plate you will see a hole inside.
Just pour 1/4 to 1/2 quart of oil into the hole. Recover the plate then restart
the engine.

Please report back to the list and tell us if it does (or not) work for you.
It it does it is not a bad trick for Vanagoneers to know about.

David

--- Evan Mac Donald <macdonald1987@SBCGLOBAL.NET> wrote:

> <SNIP>
>
> This was also how I learned to find that hole to pour oil to prime the oil
> pump. Without that the pump was able to pump air only.
>
> David
>
> <SNIP>
>
>   What hole is that? My '84's oil pump loses its prime if the engine doesn't run for a week.
> Knowing where that hole is would save alot of hassle!
>

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