Great news!! Not going to have to drop the pan to check the oil pump. I took ya'lls advice and pumped oil into the oil line in the middle of the rocker shaft back down into the pump. Then we, my son and I, did the drill routine again in the distributor downhole. Ran it at mid-speed for a minute or so and the pump started feeding across all the rocker shaft. We just hadn't run it long enough nor had it primed enough. So happy the pump is working like it should. Plus, a small meter I installed where the gauge line connects jumped up and went between 40 and 60 lbs while using the drill.
All is good on this end, thanks to you guys' great advice!!! Have a great week.