First Engine Start Questions, First Engine Start Options

[Highland]

I'm getting close (a relative term) to starting my motor for the first time. It is a stock 2.0 with Raby 9590 valve train. I know the easiest thing to do is put it in the car and start, but I have a running engine in the car now and I suspect I'll have to fix something after a try to start it. Here are my questions:

1) I have a spare transmission with starter. Can I start the engine without a clutch on the flywheel?

2) Can I start the engine without the alternator installed?

3) Without a charging system, can I use a car battery to power the coil and D-Jet for the break-in period (assuming I get that far) or will the battery die before then?

4) If I can't use a car battery to power the ignition and D-Jet, how big a power supply will I need?

[stugray]

Why NOT for #4?

These systems pull oil from the crankcase and blow it through the oil filter.
If the pump is not primed already, then you are trying to pump air to blow oil up out of the filter to the pressure regulator.
This will work slowly if at all.

If you are doing an oil change and the pump is still full of oil (primed already), then you can fill the oil filter if you want.

I have heard of filling the oil pump with some kind of grease, (during installation) to help it prime, but I have never tried that.

If I have to ever start a dry motor again, I might pull the oil filter bracket and backfill the pump with oil from there, then re-install the filter bracket.
I guess you could force oil backwards up through the oil filter bracket with a pump without removing it too.