ospf redistribution and route maps help

I'm reading up on this and i THINK i know what it does but not quite sure as how to implement it.

So here's my scenario, i have an old core with a new core (hp) hooked up for testing. they're sharing routes via ospf, thru one ethernet port. old core has a default/internet route of 172.16.1.1, which new core is not picking up.

i create the default static route, do 'router ospf', do 'redistribute static', then nothing changes. can anyone help? from the examples i've seen i think i need to put a route-map in and a prefix-list in.

thanks again for your help. i've been posting a lot lately and you've all been very helpful. it sure is a lot better than reading articles, old forums, etc. i know im not great at this networking stuff but i'm trying.