Post by mario428 on Jun 4, 2012 8:43:33 GMT -4
Thrashing really hard to get this done so no pics or video sorry. GRIN
Jody Gallant came over Sat morning to help get everything hooked up. Started it about 1 in the afternoon. Started right up, sounded really good.
Just for goggles I pulled the hose off the overflow can from the rad. Imagine my horror when the coolant was pissing out solid, I was stunned, so much effort and back to the same thing as the block I had retired.
After gathering myself we started checking a few things, plugs looked good, put 120 PSI in all the cylinders and no leakage into the coolant. Had to do that at TDC so thought I cracked a cyl wall. My neighbor Pug Smith came over and we discussed again, did not make sense. Then we started talking about rad caps and what they should be for pressure. Had the cap off the rad and kinda half thinking running my finger around the area where the cap seals and found a rough spot. Cleaned that up and the cap adapter on the engine. Put it back together but with water full to the top. The motor pushed out the extra water and then stopped. Sat at 200 degrees and no water coming out. Let the water find it own level, ran it again yesterday and everything is fine, no water in the overflow.
Changed the oil, cut the filter and it is cleaner than I have ever seen from this motor. Few more hours and I will be ready for a tues night run.
A note, huge thanks to Jody Gallant for the help. We talked Fri night and he showed up first thing Sat morning with the parts list filled and coffee. At 5 PM he had worked me into the ground, I was beat, he was asking what I wanted to do next. ;D ;D ;D
Thanks to Pug Smith also for the help and the use of the lawn tractor so I could finally cut my lawn.
Jody Gallant came over Sat morning to help get everything hooked up. Started it about 1 in the afternoon. Started right up, sounded really good.
Just for goggles I pulled the hose off the overflow can from the rad. Imagine my horror when the coolant was pissing out solid, I was stunned, so much effort and back to the same thing as the block I had retired.
After gathering myself we started checking a few things, plugs looked good, put 120 PSI in all the cylinders and no leakage into the coolant. Had to do that at TDC so thought I cracked a cyl wall. My neighbor Pug Smith came over and we discussed again, did not make sense. Then we started talking about rad caps and what they should be for pressure. Had the cap off the rad and kinda half thinking running my finger around the area where the cap seals and found a rough spot. Cleaned that up and the cap adapter on the engine. Put it back together but with water full to the top. The motor pushed out the extra water and then stopped. Sat at 200 degrees and no water coming out. Let the water find it own level, ran it again yesterday and everything is fine, no water in the overflow.
Changed the oil, cut the filter and it is cleaner than I have ever seen from this motor. Few more hours and I will be ready for a tues night run.
A note, huge thanks to Jody Gallant for the help. We talked Fri night and he showed up first thing Sat morning with the parts list filled and coffee. At 5 PM he had worked me into the ground, I was beat, he was asking what I wanted to do next. ;D ;D ;D
Thanks to Pug Smith also for the help and the use of the lawn tractor so I could finally cut my lawn.
