Finally Fired Up My Engine Rebuild. A Summary.

[DJK]

Congrats Keith, sounds great. Not being critical, but during my 45 yrs. of being an auto technician and building a lot of engines, I never fired one up w/o coolant and the proper break in drive cycle immediately. I had an old time service manager for 24 of those yrs., that would kick my butt if I deviated from the proper break in procedure and I thank him for that. Again great job and great videos.

Edited January 17, 2022 by DJK

[keithb7]

I fired the engine up briefly a couple of times to ensure if would indeed run, before I had the entire cooling system re-connected.  That task will take a while yet. The front nose cone is to go back on, support bracketing. Old rusty damaged hardware is to be replaced. The rad and hoses hoses etc. A fair bit of work.  I had lubed up the engine internals quite a bit upon reassembly. I had good full oil pressure before firing it up. It was about -7 C in the garage when I flashed it up. I think it'll be ok. It has not fired up since. I am progressing ahead now with the rest of the goodies now that we know it runs.

 

I'll follow a break-in procedure once the roads here are free of snow, salt and ice. Likely first half of March.

 

Edited January 16, 2022 by keithb7