You are right of course :-))
Should have looked before opening my mouth on this one.
Mouth driving instructions
"engage brain before puting mouth in gear " :-))
I thought feeding the oil in the oil pressure line was my personal trick, I
can see that not only have others thought of it first some entrepenurial soul
has marketed a suitable device.
We often drag old Holdens in and give them the tow it round the paddock start
up technique.
I have a 56 Minx running that had been parked since October 1979.
Cleaned the points, installed a battery and away it went. Not the best way
perhaps but it now runs very well. Needed to clean out the entire fuel system
as there was a liquid in the tank that may have been fuel 20 years ago but was
fairly thick "glug" now. Modern no lead fuels have a shelf life of no more
than two weeks so don't expect them to run well if sitting in a fuel tank for
several months. We have problems with the dual fuel taxis with petrol/LPG
systems. The petrol loses the higher aromatics and will not run properly. The
only solution is to drain the tank and start again with fresh fuel.
A good trick with engines that haven't run for a while is to put a little
emulsifiable oil in the cooling system as it will lubricate the water pump
seals. This oil is the stuff mixed with water that makes a milky liquid used
in machine shops for cooling cutting tools.
Keith
55 Californian
----- Original Message -----
From: TIGEROOTES@aol.com
To: hillman@can-inc.com
Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2003 2:02 PM
Subject: "Hillman - " Re: Pressurizing Oil system
alkon@bigpond.com.au writes:
Haven't tried this trick on the Rootesmobile but race engine builders
pull
the distributor and poke a suitable drive that looks like the end of the
dist without the gear down the hole. Spin it with electric drill to turn
oil
pump and instant pre lube everywhere. Just make sure you turn it all in
the
same direction the distributor turns.
Keith,
The oil pump is geared to the camshaft in a Rootes engine and not
independent like on a small block Ford V8. I pull the spark plugs and crank
the engine with the starter motor until I get oil pressure. Don't crank too
long, or you can overheat and damage the starter motor.
Jim
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