Tinkered with the subject most of the day, going back through the magneto
and mixer, fixing a fuel leak, the fuel shut off valve leaking through,
and the gas cap that wasn’t venting. Got it to start on the workbench
(with the drill), so moved it to the test barrel. (after removing 3" of ice).
Right away the socket drive was slipping in the drill, and fell out of the
chuck, and into the bottom of the test barrel. Still had a magnet I bought 35 years
ago when my ice chisel slipped out of my hands and to the bottom
of the lake, so the socket retrieval didn’t go too bad! Dressed up the socket
exstension in the lathe so it fit the chuck better. Tried again, and it fired
right up, stayed running, and actually pumped water. I had my doubts if
my homemade inlet check valve on the water pump was going to work,
but I got lucky. I ran it for a total of about 20 minutes when if died after
I monkeyed around with the mag advance.
Even though it was pumping water nice, and the outlet only lukewarm,
the back of the cylinder was boiling water (where a gas tank mount bolt
screws into the water jacket).
Does this seem "Abby Normal"?
Could it be because of the wrong spark plug?
All I had on hand was an 18 mm Autolite 3116.
Not sure how that compares to the original Champion M6 on the heat range.
Anyway, after the 20 minute run the new crankshaft main bearings seem
to have loosened up nice, as the "rebound" and compression seem alot
better when spinning the flywheel by hand.
Tomorrow, if all goes well will be my first try starting the 5 hp Atlas!

Get your popcorn………
https://youtu.be/qAveDjBca6w

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