Gauge calibrated for 6 lbs? if you say it has a red zone was it a gauge for a regular. Some gauges will be stamped with the LBS on the back or on the nut. 6 lbs and the gauge going all the way over is what you want. Been through this with a cousins very nice Regular. He has a more modern 80 lbs gauge on it and the needle would not show at all or just barely twitch when cold. Regulars have no pressure oiling at bearings so nothing to slow oil flow and build pressure against. They have ball main bearings, a trough inside the block that catch splash to lube those as well as the cam bearings, the rods oil from a trough that is filled with oil from tubes. they have no oiling to the valve train as you have to do that manually through the valve cover cups and the gov and timing gears just get a squirt on them from a tube. If you are really worried, pull of an engine cover plate and make sure the rod troughs are full of oil. You can pull out the spark plugs and have someone crank it over fast and make sure they are filling also. If it isn't then it may be possible the pump lost prime. If the pump housing was packed with grease when rebuilt, that could have happened by grease getting shoved into the inlet by the pump gear or vane if it has that type. I have heard of grease causing priming problems before and some people think they are supposed to put grease in them to prime them, Nope! Just oil is enough. A little shot of very low pressure air in the gauge tube may be engough to get it cleared if that was the problem and some suction on the gauge tube while cranking will get it going. (I use a long vacuum hose going to my truck engine for things like that, I hate the taste of oil!)
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