prior to starting did you make sure the pushrods were bled down enough to turn by your fingers? If you tightened the rockers really slow like the directions say and the pr were turning freely before moving to the next you are going to be ok. It sounds to me like your oil pump needs to be alligned and the big oring is possible askew or torn during the asembly.

 

So. let me tell ya what has happened. The guy my neighbor told me about wasn't able to do anything to help me out, as I had hoped. So, today I tore back into the bike. I decided I was going to run with solid pushrods, but was not sure if I had ****ed up the stockers when I had issues. I took the rockers off and immediately noticed that there was no oil in the rocker cover. None. That was when I realized that the oil was not flowing through the pushrods. Well, I figured that it had to be an issue with the oil pump. I went ahead and pulled both rocker covers, pulled the front header off, and removed the pushrods. They all seem to be perfectly straight, so I decided that I could go on and use them, once I figured out the oil pump issues. I popped off the cam cover, and disassembled the camplate. Just like the first time, when I pulled the cam plate out, the gearator and spacer fell off the crank shaft. I just happen to have the page in the manual opened to the section on the oil pump. It was then that I realized just how I had ****ed it up. When the gearator and spacer fell out the first time, I put them back the way I was sure it had fallen out. Which was wrong. Where the wave washer is, I put the gearator against it, then the spacer (which I thought was like a cap). Well, that isn't right. It goes wave washer, then spacer washer, then small gearator. That was it. That was the reason oil wasn't flowing. And, it was all because I didn't bother to check to make sure how it went back together. Stupid mistake. So, I replaced the rear sproket o ring (which I did not do the first time) on the oil pump. When I was reassembling everything, I had an issue with one of the lifters. Three of them had a slight spring to them, and the other seemed like a solid lifter. I could not budge it. So, I completely disassembled it, blew it all out, and put it back together. It was stuck. Not sure why, but taking it apart, and flushing it out seemed to do the trick. Once everything was put back together (with me saying a little prayer every couple of minutes), I pulled the spark plug wires and turned it over a few times. Which seemed to make the oil light flicker. Which meant (to me) that I was getting some oil pressure. Put the wires on, and the bike fired right up... and the oil light went off. YIPPIE...

I took the bike out for a short cruise and everything seemed to run fantastic. I didn't go for to long of a ride, but I will tomorrow. So, for now, it seems like I figured it out. Man, I was so stressed out. All of this started out with me trying it myself because I didn't have the money to have someone do it. Then, when something went wrong, I was sure I was going to have to pay someone to fix my mistake. But, with the help of the forum, I was able to tear everything back down, and get it all working. Like I said, for now, all seems good. I hope that I did not cause to much damage for not running the bike with any oil pressure.

 

Glad you got her back together and have oil pressure.

Hope you have a great ride tomorrow!

 

Yep, putting it back together with the spacer in the wrong place will prevent the engine from building oil pressure and will cause the sumping. What you desribed in your first post led me to believe that was the issue all along. Glad you got it fixed and if you are carrying good pressure now, and dont hear any reall clanks, knocks or otherwise, hopefully you didnt hurt the engine when you rode it.