1970 s2 0453R Reassembly

[TurboFource]

Awesome!!

[dakazman]

   Success!
  After 40+ years this was the first time ever I heard this car run.
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Kept to to a minimum and will adjust the valves again. A better return spring on the throttle cable also.
I was also shocked when I heard the Weber kick in a bit, since it too was a first rebuild.

   I just want to Thank our community here for making this happen.
Dakazman
 
   

[BDA]

Excellent!! 

I don’t have an instagram account. Why don’t you post it to YouTube?

[dakazman]

  Try this
https://youtu.be/ft4f_4LivHo?feature=shared
  Thanks again everyone!
Dave

[BDA]

Woohoo!   

Now it’s time for  !

[SilverBeast]

 

[Richard48Y]

....and dialing in the timing, after tightening up the water pump belt.

[TurboFource]

Congrats! 

[GavinT]

Congrats, Dave. 

[dakazman]

....and dialing in the timing, after tightening up the water pump belt.

  Thanks Rich, I was putting off the belt adjustment because I knew I needed a new water pump. That is where all the strange sounds came from during my run up .
   I set the choke cable and increased the idle stop, replaced the water pump and will do another start.  I had a friend powder coat another pulley set so now I'll go through the belt adjustment.
  I had to re-drill these pulleys to conform to a R15 or 17
dakazman

[dakazman]

  After the initial startup I could not get it to fire off , alas, a kinked fuel line on my makeshift temporary fuel tank. Also , loose spark plugs, that I loosened to turn engine easier..🥴and plug wires not to properly connected… checking for spark and brand new they don’t go on easy.
  Enough excuses! 
  Plugs were somewhat wet. A learning curve for me when starting. Choke cable does have a bit of an indentation when off that it was not in .
 While checking each plug for spark engine was wanting to start but I did not allow it.
 Oil pressure gauge at 0 , and warning light on all the time . I decided to install a temp mechanical gauge before running to break in. Found all the connectors but now waiting on a material for line.
  Cleaning up wiring and enjoying my air conditioned garage was another reason not to run it.


Dakazman

[Kendo]

I noticed one of my local auto parts stores has an exhaust hose for routing the exhaust out of the garage, ~$100 IIRC. I've been thinking of getting it when I reach the point of actually starting the car. With that, you might get to keep your airco going

PS: I don't know if it works, or if I'd kill myself with CO in due time...

[dakazman]

  Productive day today. My makeshift oil pressure gauge came to life . In Bar so I had to translate to pounds, hitting 4 bar at startup. Forgot to look at my electric gauge when running but with key on its reading high.
  I also got a glimpse of my tachometer coming alive as the engine started and ran up to 2k before
going blah.. stall . I need to do more reading on this 40 dcoe and review my notes from the tear down.
If I get it to idle I’ll put a timing light on it. Till then I’ll see if I want to install the front window keep searching for other things to fix on it.
  Another small setback is the coolant tank filler neck is leaking slightly. So I’ll pull I out and resolder.
Dakazman

[BDA]

Woohoo!! Another step in your journey!! 

At 2000 rpm, if you didn't get there by blipping your throttle such that you'd work your accelerator pumps, you're probably into the main circuit and mostly if not totally out of the idle circuit. Beyond that, I'm probably not going to be helpful.

There are two videos that have been helpful to me (admittedly I was working on my idle, though). You may also find them helpful:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoUOcPYqDmU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meaGMoH4Pmw (to do this, you must have fuel pressure)

[TurboFource]

Awesome!