Anonymous-0
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I'm doing a complete nut-and-bolt resto on my SC, and yesterday was the day to finally light the fire on the engine. I had a shop do the head, boil the block, grind the crank, etc. I finished with a complete rebuild kit from this site.
She fired right away, and after a little fiddling with an intermittent spark from the dist., and having to prime the oil pump (through the plug below the filter cover) it hummed and I had oil up to the rockers.
After less than a minute of running I grabbed the governor rod to increase RPM's, and it coughed and died. I hit the starter button, and it didn't want to turn over, almost like it was starting to seize? The new starter, battery & 2/0 cables were really spinning it over before, and now the fan would barely move when I hit the button. I walked away for the day.
This A.M. I hit the starter and she spun fine, but I'm afraid to run it.
Like I said, complete rebuild, new rod & main bearings to specs, oil pump to specs. It did fire a few times before I had oil up top, but not long, and I used a ton of assembly grease.
Should I take my chances & run it? How unusual is it for a carefully rebuilt engine to have a (potential) problem with seizing?
Thanks, Doug
She fired right away, and after a little fiddling with an intermittent spark from the dist., and having to prime the oil pump (through the plug below the filter cover) it hummed and I had oil up to the rockers.
After less than a minute of running I grabbed the governor rod to increase RPM's, and it coughed and died. I hit the starter button, and it didn't want to turn over, almost like it was starting to seize? The new starter, battery & 2/0 cables were really spinning it over before, and now the fan would barely move when I hit the button. I walked away for the day.
This A.M. I hit the starter and she spun fine, but I'm afraid to run it.
Like I said, complete rebuild, new rod & main bearings to specs, oil pump to specs. It did fire a few times before I had oil up top, but not long, and I used a ton of assembly grease.
Should I take my chances & run it? How unusual is it for a carefully rebuilt engine to have a (potential) problem with seizing?
Thanks, Doug