DJK Posted January 16, 2022 Report Share Posted January 16, 2022 (edited) 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 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithb7 Posted January 16, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2022 (edited) 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 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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