At the compression stroke the #1 cam lobs are "upish", right.

OK if you have bubbles at, say 40 degrees, you are turning the engine real slow and blowing bubbles and the bubbles stop at, say, at 30 degrees, that would mean you would advance the pump a little, push it TOWARD the engine and go around again, if you adjusted it the wrong way you will know it next time around. Did you get the hoses rigged?

jbaj007...... And of course the valve positions in #1 cylinder were checked to make sure the IP was not put in 180 degrees off? Don't laugh, I've done it with a friend's car
Ya I did that one too

Steve