rusty old nail to sow's ear

[sparkywig]

Thanks chaps.
The oil fittings and hose are from MOCAL, and the filter is a generic one from a local factors. Got some clips on order to support the hose.
Spent all morning re-connecting heat exchanger pipework, adjusting clutch, fitting fuel lines and Filter King regulator, and tidying wiring.
Doesn't look like I've accomplished much.....

:lol:

Unfortunately work gets in the way of play for the rest of the week.

 

[easy]

Nice work dood 8) now paint that dipstick!

 

[sparkywig]

Thanks George for the late oil filler/breather.
All ancillaries connected, breathers hooked up, filled with oil, turned over by hand, connected the battery and

all the warning lights on with the key in my pocket.
Cock.

Wiring fault.
Cock.

:lol:

Permanent 12V feed to coil and alternator field connection.
So, after disconnecting everything Nick asked if there were two spade connectors on the starter solenoid.

Yes there are, and I'd connected to the wrong one. Should have been the one that's vertical....
I can get a phone in there and take pictures, but unfortunately either I'm too fat, or the bus is too low for me to get underneath enough to connect it.

Cock
Oh well, looks like Monday's the day then.

 

[gninnam]

Doh :shock:

So close dude :mrgreen:

 

[68_early_bay]

Doh :shock:

So close dude :mrgreen:

+1

So close si, I've just come Up from the garage ready to watch a vid of your bus running 8) not long til Monday :mrgreen:

I was close myself today :msn4:

 

[sparkywig]

Another day or so won't hurt, the engine was built back in November 2012. :lol:


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[68_early_bay]

Another day or so won't hurt, the engine was built back in November 2012. :lol:


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:lol:

 

[woz]

Sparkywig this thread is epic 61123 views 1547 replies and 78 pages :shock:

took me a few days to wade through it all, i think there should be a sticker " i read Sparkywigs thread"

anyway it makes for an interesting read and i'm just in time for the new engine start up 8)

 

[sparkywig]

I like the sound of the stickers.


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[sparkywig]

Back to where I was at 1100 on Saturday morning.

Engine turns over very slowly, I think the battery may be kippered so I've got a 60Ah on charge over night to try sometime tomorrow.
Perhaps having the engine stood for a year hasn't helped, although it does turn over with a spanner on the crank nut.

The good news is the fuel gauge works now.

 

[K@rlos]

It might be a bit dry in there Si, Take the plugs out and spin it over so the oil pressure builds up and gives the bores and journals a film of oil. There won't be any compression so it will spin over easy

 

[sparkywig]

:bliss:

It runs, thank fuck for that.



At midday today there was a possibility that it was being dropped out and stripped.
Almost 7 hours (over a couple of days) of hand turning and oiling the bores to try and get it to loosen up. Eventually it loosened enough for the starter to turn it, oil pressure achieved and then fired up.
Cam burn done, timing set, just need a fiddle with the mixture, and then change the oil and filter. Oh, and fit the oil line P clips when they turn up.
The moral is, don't leave a built engine on the bench for 14 months. :|

 

[Bay-low71]

Superb, got to be happy with that.... Roll on show season, not that shows stop now seem to go all year round!!!

 

[gninnam]

Top result - made up for you Si 8)

Mine hasn't turned over for 5 years...... that is going to be interesting

 

[68_early_bay]

8)

 

[StuF]

Awesome mate - you must be very happy.

Cant wait to see and hear it up close!

Result 8)

 

[aspro]

Love it. 8) Bet you can't wait to drive the tits out of it.

 

[sparkywig]

:mrgreen:

 

[woz]

Result

 

[Myvanway]

:bliss:

It runs, thank fuck for that.



At midday today there was a possibility that it was being dropped out and stripped.
Almost 7 hours (over a couple of days) of hand turning and oiling the bores to try and get it to loosen up. Eventually it loosened enough for the starter to turn it, oil pressure achieved and then fired up.
Cam burn done, timing set, just need a fiddle with the mixture, and then change the oil and filter. Oh, and fit the oil line P clips when they turn up.
The moral is, don't leave a built engine on the bench for 14 months. :|

Sweet. 8)