Finally Back To Work...

Finally after a couple weeks off its time to get back to it...

Yesterday I moved Char to my new workshop (about 5 miles from home!)

Much better working conditions. i can finally leave tools with her and start to dry her off!

Electricity .... BUT NO HEATING (a common theme through this whole project i feel)

After an interesting move (with no accelerator cable), i was ready to start...9pm!

Will wait until the morning ....

This morning finally, i started...

Due to a cold Sussex morning, the spark plugs was a good place to start!

All the plugs came out no real problem .... Still one plug with a bad terminal ...after replacing two after the start and still one more!

All plugs had bad carbon fouling!

I cleaned up all plugs as well ... good as new!

In addition the gap should have been around .27 but was only about .15!

I changed the gap using feeler gauges . . .

After copper-greasing the threads I re-inserted them...

Time to do a compression test...

After warming up the engine, i took the spark plugs back out...

Back two fine...


Front two .... Heavy carbon fouling again! ... HMM!

Anyway ... off come the fuel line and into a fuel can ...

After realising the compression meter's thread was too large I found it had another one screwed inside!

The results were fairly interesting...



Cylinder Compression (PSI)

1 - 115

2 - 150

3 - 134

4 - 128


Ideal compression is 114-142 psi...


Cylinder 1 I clearly have a problem, rings i expect...

Cylinder 2 ... Well cylinder 2 is clearly a strange one... Maybe self cutting rings?

Cylinder 3 and 4 seem fine ...

I then put a teaspoon of oil into Cylinder 1 and completed a second
compression test ...

129!


Must be worn rings ....



I left the engine to cool...



Time to go and get some lunch...