Re: 1956 Oliver 5.5 hp won’t start

[Buccaneer]

UPDATE – Monday October 3rd & 1/2
I put the original carb back on today, redid the cam to throttle adjustment,
etc. It started right up, but kept running out of gas.

Guessing that the problem of "not starting" all along, as Frank suggested,
was that I was a "frog’s hair" shy of having the reed block seated tight.
Jason pointed out that the reed block (along with the center bearing) separates
the two halves of the crankcase on this model, and won’t run if not seated.

The fuel pump has a new (homemade) diaphragm with "official Ollie Oliver"
diaphragm material. I haven’t taken the fuel pump back apart yet to inspect,
but ordered a B&S style, $7.00, impulse pump just in case.

I by-passed the fuel pump to make sure I had a pump problem, and rigged
up a "Red Neck" gravity fuel tank. After I got it tuned in, it runs pretty good.
It doesn’t idle as well as my Chris Craft, but it has better compression.
Video of your efforts……
https://youtu.be/AvF119_Sl7I

Thanks for all the suggestions!
Bucc

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