I thought about using oil but because it was going to have to sit for a month, I plastered them with assembly lube.
Have you remembered to pack the oil pump with petroleum jelly to prime it?
I forgot to do this...however (there's always a 'however'). I firstly prefilled the new oil filter then fitted it. I had discovered that the M12 x 1.5mm threaded cap opening sitting just above the oil pressure relief valve on the front cover can take a threaded pipe to which I connected a 1/2" polythene hose and so pumped 2 litres of oil through it using one of those plastic centrifugal pumps fitted to a cordless drill ...
very soon I saw oil dribbling from the rocker shafts etc .... When I was ready to complete the 'closure' I poured another litre or two from a jug all over the rocker gear then fitted the rocker covers. When I was almost finished I poured the rest into the normal filler hole. When I started the engine, the oil pressure rise was effectively "instant" although the lifters took a a few seconds to take up and stop rattling...
BTW I used the ARP studs... 3 levels to 65 ft lbs. ARP 'guarantee' their 'lube' material properly applied provides even torquing and that there's no need to retension the heads with the Elring head gasket. I used a Payen metal valley gasket.
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