I've always used an old sports drink bottle to refill oil 500ml at a time. The oil doesn't come out the end when you turn the bottle over without squeezing it and there's plenty of clearance between the bottle and the engine bay ceiling.
I used the Empi one and managed to wedge it into a machine mart engine stand. I had to cut a piece of metal tube and put it over the bit that pushes into the engine stand to pack it out a bit, but the Empi one was a study enough piece of kit.
I drove mine around France for Euro 2016. We had tickets for the quarter final in Marseille and then the one in Paris two days later, so that was a bit of a mission. Was a great trip though and the only issue we had was an oil leak that meant I put 4.5 litres of oil in it over 2000 miles and a...
I had a similar thing (not quite as bad) and squirted a bit of silicone lubricant on a piece of cloth and rubbed the seal with it. The reduced friction helped it stay put.
Well I got the engine built and in. It's done over 500 miles now, pulls strong and runs well. A slight concern (being over paranoid) about it running hot, but took it to a garage to get the fuel/air analyser put up the exhaust to see what that was saying and it was ok.
Engine is leaking a bit...
The opportunity to go donw to cornwall for the first week of July has come up. For me that's 300 miles from my house. Would you drive it down there (without the lead boots) without having the Air/Fuel mixture checked out?
Ozziedog - I'll have to find that thread.
I always hate playing around with carb settings.. So to enrich it it would be to undo the little screw a touch and leave the big screw well alone, or am I going to end up with idling issues?
And yes, this is coming from a person who has built an engine and is now bothered about two tiny...
70 was for a brief couple of seconds. It's usually going around 50-55 and never really pushing the pedal to the floor. However, maybe taking the lead out of the boots will be a better idea!
From reading the Wilson book, it said around 300 miles that the engine would be broken in, but maybe I...
So.. new engine built (by me), new everything bottom end (re-ground crank, re-bored case, new bearings), 1300 heads fly cut to 1600 and old original pistons/barrels rehoned.
I've covered nearly 400 miles on this engine and apart form the issue the other week about it cutting out from letting...
So it appears to have been fixed. Took it for a 20 mile test run on Sunday after doing the following:
- check tappets (number 1 valves were a touch tighter than others, might not have set them correctly first time)
- changed the oil
- removed the exhaust and engine support bar
- fitted a new...