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Offline Bitsa (Ralph Wright - RIP)

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Re: Starting the engine
« Reply #135 on: February 01, 2015, 08:30:23 PM »
Mick
Yeah got one of those but got pissed off with keep looking down at it.Its ok here to a degree but in the UK dare you look away from the traffic? :o
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« Reply #136 on: February 01, 2015, 08:46:04 PM »
You don't have to look at it all the time the same goes for your speedo and rev counter. ;)

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Re: Starting the engine
« Reply #137 on: February 02, 2015, 09:47:28 AM »
Mick point taken but I love gadets never look at Revcounter only the speedo and thats when I see coppers or radars.
Adored the Humber cars dashboard all those years ago loads of dials ;)
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Re: Starting the engine
« Reply #138 on: February 04, 2015, 01:36:17 PM »
Back to work. I am trying to make the oil pressure switch come light go off. I have added 3 litres of brand new oil and as johnWebley suggest I am kicking the pedal until the light goes off. How long will it take in normal circumstances. Bear in mind that I drained the old oil already.
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Re: Starting the engine
« Reply #139 on: February 04, 2015, 01:54:14 PM »
Fire some oil under the tappet covers before you turn it over.
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Re: Starting the engine
« Reply #140 on: February 04, 2015, 01:58:10 PM »
Last time I did mine I was changing the filter as well and I pumped out as much old oil as possible (via the oil ways in the filter housing face) by kicking it over. Under those circumstances it took the proverbial "ages" to build oil pressure on the starter/kick start.
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Re: Starting the engine
« Reply #141 on: February 04, 2015, 03:32:56 PM »
Quote from: El__burro on February 04, 2015, 01:36:17 PM
Back to work. I am trying to make the oil pressure switch come light go off. I have added 3 litres of brand new oil and as johnWebley suggest I am kicking the pedal until the light goes off. How long will it take in normal circumstances. Bear in mind that I drained the old oil already.
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El__Burro

 you are doing great,I suggest you remove the plugs,and as you can kick it over,it seems ok,so now use the starter,

 just spin it for about 5 seconds at a time,so the starter doesn't over heat,

good luck !!!
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Re: Starting the engine
« Reply #142 on: February 04, 2015, 03:34:14 PM »
Yup I go with that
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Re: Starting the engine
« Reply #143 on: February 04, 2015, 08:02:32 PM »
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Re: Starting the engine
« Reply #144 on: February 04, 2015, 08:05:48 PM »
Excellant but was that white or blue smoke?Make sure you watch the oil level
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Re: Starting the engine
« Reply #145 on: February 04, 2015, 08:06:29 PM »
Ooooooh yeah!   ;D
After many kicks the oil pressure light went off.
Then the magic happened. 
Just wanted to share with you the first time it roared and what a ROAR. 
For sure it needs some adjustments to be fully satisfied but my ambition was to start the engine and hear its roar. 
Mission accomplished. 
Thank you
el__burro
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Re: Starting the engine
« Reply #146 on: February 04, 2015, 08:08:06 PM »
The smoke was white,  i have to say that the carbs are not fitted properly.
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Re: Starting the engine
« Reply #147 on: February 04, 2015, 08:41:19 PM »
don't worry to much about the smoke,it will be burning spare oil from the re-assembly,and this time of year there will be
lots of condensation /steam as the exhaust cools in the pipes
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Offline Bitsa (Ralph Wright - RIP)

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« Reply #148 on: February 06, 2015, 07:19:44 PM »
Agreed white better than BLUE
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