Engine is running

[DutchEdwin]

Finally got the engine running this evening.

I primed the carburetor. Have a jerry can in front of the bumper as I still have to fix the line in the fuel tank attached to the filter inside. Drawn fuel with a vacuum pump through the line that connects to the carburetor and turned the ignition key..................She fired right up. Man what a lot of smoke for the tale pipe. All the oil I lubricated the cylinders with to keep the pistons moving smooth. Even had to shut down the engine and leave the garage as the wind blew all the smoke back in .

The engine will stall after a few minutes. I think the fuel pump is ok but will check that by disconnecting the fuel line, prime the carburetor, run the engine and see if there comes enough fuel.

The next thing is to adjust the carburetor. Looked at the idle adjusting screw and saw it was not touching the throttle lever. so probebly too low idle speed. Should be a quick fix. .

[55 Fargo]

Thats great Dutch, priming works, when a carb is dry........

[maurice wade]

Good job on starting your engine. I remember I had a old chevy van that had a bad filter in the gas tank, it would not allow gas to the fuel pump. I was on a road trip, and had to get home. For a quick fix I bought a roll of gas line, put one end in the gas tank, and attached the other to the pump. It got me home. M

[pflaming]

Maurice: I am impressed! I have heard of coffee grounds in the radiator but not a complete gas line. Might be interesting to hear of other 'creative' ways to get home.

[Joe Flanagan]

Congratulations, Edwin. I'm glad to hear you got it going. My engine also would stall after a little while when I first got it going. That stopped the more I ran it. And speaking of smoke in the garage, I have to address that problem too. I open the doors and the back window but my clothes wind up smelling like exhaust so that I have to let them sit outside overnight. I'm going to run a hose from the tailpipe out the back window of the garage and see if that helps.

[BobT-47P15]

You may need a fairly stout hose, Joe. I stuck a piece of plastic

vacuum cleaner hose in the tail pipe.....and it gets warm enough

to melt it and bend it.

[pflaming]

I went to a local lumber yard and bought two 10' x 2" down spouts. By cutting three 4" slots in one end of one spout it fit over the manifold pipe and out the back door. No smoke and little noise. Cost: $8.00, they are obsolete for houses. Just ask specifically.

[Joe Flanagan]

Good info. Thanks. I've seen local garages around here do something similar. It looks like they use the flexible black landscaping material. If I find something that works, Edwin, I'll post a picture.

[DutchEdwin]

Joe,

After a few years of hoping, planning, failing and getting there to start the engine....you're really going to like the smell of burned oil and exhaust fumes. Spring is in the air, so let the clothes hang out in the garden after you're finished and let them fresh up by mornings bloom. Then smoke them again .

But I do not plan to run the engine that much in the garage. I would need a longgggggg pipe as my garage is placed between two houses. If the wind is in the wrong spot, as it most is, it will blow right right back into the garage. Or I'll smoke the back yard which will result in angry family members enjoying the spring sun.

But thanks anyway. I'll enjoy the above written method