Engine now in and running
Posted on Sunday, January 23 @ 17:10:00 GMT
Topic: Maintenance
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 After a long cold (but thankfully dry) day, Betsy has now benn reunited with her overhauled engine and gearbox. I'm relieved to say she purrs like a kitten.
I had a couple of hiccups on the way, first I forgot to loosely fit the left hand engine mounting before lowering the engine into place, this is impossible to get in when the engine is in position, so out it came again! second problem was a leaky thermostat housing and temp switch (funny those, I never dismantled them). All soon cured.
Filled with fresh QUALITY oil (none of the B&Q crap from now on),and cranked it over with the plugs removed to pump up some oil pressure. After about 20 seconds of cranking, the pressure came up to about 55 psi which is spot on what it should be.
Then I put in some new spark plugs, connected up the ht leads and the coil, and switched her on. I nervously pressed the button and she fired up after about 10 seconds. Amazingly, the only adjustment required was the idle mixture. The oil pressure is much better at 55psi - 65 psi.
I ran out of daylight before I could fit the seatbox, seats and floors. So keep tuned for the next installment.
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