OK completed replacing my 22re ENGNBLDR T-chain kit when I finally get her cranked up it sounds like ball bearings in a blender! One more try and same thing. Confirmed I have NO oil pressure!
The filler hole on valve cover is dry as it can be, but no leaks anywhere?
Operator error? What did I do?
I posted "Oil Pressure Issues" yesterday but now I really have them!
Ideas anyone?

 

Did you get a new oil pump and forget to prime??

Did you forget the oil pump drive gear or forget the the key stock to hold it in place??

Did you have the pan off and forget the oil pick up tube??

remember to put oil back in engine??

 

I vote this.

 

Oil pump drive gear= Yeah it doesn't come with a new oil pump does it? Its sitting right here in the old pump!
Boy don't I feel silly!
Thanks guys

 

Strange how when you put ALL the parts together things work much as they should!
Thanks to wyoming9 who pointed out what I had forgotten!

 

Wait....so you were running the engine without the oil pump sprocket hooked up? How long did you let the engine run?

 

About as long as it took me to turn the key the other way.
I've read that the starter will make some oil pressure but mine never did.