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Too bad the case is split as there are some other things that could have been tried. Sticking a piece of clear hose into the engine oil feed port and stick the other end in a container of oil to see if there was any suction. Also using a funnel and another hose in the same port to force feed the pump some oil to prime it. Use a long hose jammed into the port and hold the funnel higher then the engine and let gravity fill it. Whats the history on the pump? New or used? Can you see both sets of gears through the ports? On both suction and pressure sections? If the pump is good and it turns then either it needed to be primed or there is no oil getting to the feed port. Stupid question but, when you remove the oil feed hose was there oil flowing from the oil tank? Man that's a lot of work to find out the seals were there. I feel for ya. If the pump is good then your going to have to seal it up again and go through the process again. While its apart , you did check both sides of the pump for seals right?