Oil pump re install?

[Chucky3331999]

So I am reading the manual for a 66 buick 340 and it says pack the oil pump gears full of petroleum jelly or the pump may loose it's prime. So I didn't do that and it is put back together can I just run the pump with a drill and screw driver through the distributor opening instead and get the pump primed? Or is this a bad idea and I should disassemble the pump again and get the jelly out?

Any help would be great!

 

[Jim Carmichael]

The drill will work just fine but the oil pump is not hard to get to and just a few bolts hold the cover on.