Try it and then answer.Not in my experience.
I always install the oil pump primed, thought you had to, guess not.Ive tried it using a speed driver. It doesnt work. An engine idling at 800 rpm cant produce enough suction to lift oil into an unprimed pump. A drill running at high speed takes 20 to 30 seconds to create enough suction to get oil into the pump but somehow a turning a ratchet by hand creates enough suction to prime it? Nope, not in my experience. The only time a ratchet might work is if the pump is already primed.
Where are you stationed. I’m in vb/Norfolk area and can get help.I’m a E-2 in the navy and I live on the ship haha I don’t have a home
I got out a few years ago (1994). I've messaged you a friend's number and he is active navy and will respond out to you.Yes I’m in norfolk