plugs out & a lot of cranking it over... never refill the lifters with oil when fitting.Originally Posted by bazil
plugs out & a lot of cranking it over... never refill the lifters with oil when fitting.
Priming the lifters is something I thought of, but a bit tricky to do when the lump is built, I've never found it a problem other than the noise tbh.
I've no idea what we did that made it go, but another AFM, another (old coil) earthed to the wing better & general mess about got it running. It still needs tweaking but its firing for a change.
Yeah that was 'smokey Joe' time. Do Ashley 4-branches usually lose their paint in the 1st 5 mins of running?
Last one i fitted did the same, standing there thinking what the f......
Well done Edd and Craig for getting it running.
It reminds me of my Merc Sprinter - that wouldn't fire after a rebuild. Checked everything, found a few things, but still wouldn't fire. Then put BIG boost starter on it and it would over that little bit faster, the hydraulic followers obviously primed and it fired up. I was on it for days, had the injector pump off and re-timed it half a dozen times, bled the injectors loads of times.
I've probably say that the dry lifters were most of the problem.
Still, it's done now!! Good stuff.
What he said.
Did this with mine prior to its first start up.Did it the other day aswell. It had been sat for3months not started, so just as a precaution, king lead off, cranked it then fired her up. Purred like a kitten!
Glad you got it running Edd. Good job!
My Rebuild
They're over there with their new toys. Someone brought them in. No idea who bought them though.....
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