Sunday, August 24, 2008
Fired Up!
1 year and 17 days after I pulled the engine from the '76 B, yesterday, it was fired up! As was I.......
I replaced the little section of fuel hose above the bulkhead - the original had all sorts of cracks on the back side that couldn't be seen when installed. Then, hooked up the battery to the van, removed the spark plug wires and cranked it. After a few minutes of cranking, the oil pressure gauge crept upwards! Fuel system was tight, so I hooked up the plugs, got back in the driver's seat, crossed my fingers, turned the key - and it turned about half the flywheel and started up! The idle is a little high, even after running for a few minutes, so I need to mess with that. I may actually have the throttle cable too tight.
But needless to say, I'm really excited! It's going on the road today after I bleed the brakes, and I am going to have to get the battery checked out and replace the positive cable clamp (it's cracked). But I'm really psyched!
I replaced the little section of fuel hose above the bulkhead - the original had all sorts of cracks on the back side that couldn't be seen when installed. Then, hooked up the battery to the van, removed the spark plug wires and cranked it. After a few minutes of cranking, the oil pressure gauge crept upwards! Fuel system was tight, so I hooked up the plugs, got back in the driver's seat, crossed my fingers, turned the key - and it turned about half the flywheel and started up! The idle is a little high, even after running for a few minutes, so I need to mess with that. I may actually have the throttle cable too tight.
But needless to say, I'm really excited! It's going on the road today after I bleed the brakes, and I am going to have to get the battery checked out and replace the positive cable clamp (it's cracked). But I'm really psyched!
# posted by Dan DiBiase @ 4:06 PM 
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