It runs!
Way too many issues to even attempt a vid,........but it runs.
Last year the oil pressure gauge started to fail. It would erratically go from 60-0-60 p.s.i. while cruising along. I replaced the sender but it appears that my gauge is the problem.
Today when I started it, it started w/ 15 p.s.i, and fell to 0 within the 15 seconds that I ran it.
I know I have oil pressure, I watched it coming out of the rockers when I primed this engine. I have an old mechanical test gauge that I've threaded into the fitting where the sender used to be.....it was the same one I used when I first started the engine last year to confirm pressure. Now that I cannot trust the fuel level, the water temp, and now the oil pressure, the gauge pod is the next thing that gets changed out.
But I digress.
With the existing tune, and when first attempting the start, I tried to just let it start w/o adding any pedal. At first crank it fired, but died instantly. Just a pop.
I opened the throttle blades a little.
Attempt #2. netted me another couple of sputters.
I opened them some more.
Attempt three failed again, and the next time I tried it was with my foot on the pedal..It fired, and I was able to hold it steady at 1400 RPM.
The engine now has a very raspy, cackly exhaust. I tried to let it idle, but at 900 RPM it died. but with the Oil pressure reading 0, and the AFR reading 9.4. It was Wayy too scary, and wayy too fat to attempt messing with it anymore.
When it first started though, I had too much pedal applied and the engine zinged to life...very crispy throttle response. It amazed me that it held perfectly steady at 1400 RPM with no surge. But that aint sayin nothing, I didn't let it run long enough to even get luke warm muchless get it hot.
So now Steve's
@a91what tune is installed, only IDK why you removed timing sir....The engine liked a lot of start up timing.
I'm pretty sure that I told the stupid thing to log the short little run time, but hell if I can find it.
I got the temp oil gauge plumbed in,...I'm ready to restart Just as soon as we talk about the way too fat thing....