Re: New Toy

[bullie]

quote fleetwin:

Well, maybe the head surface is not flat, check it with a straight edge. The compression might just be low from sitting, maybe you can remove the intake bypass covers to see if the rings are rusted/stuck. In any event, it is a beautiful engine, and worth repairing. And, those stands usually bring big bucks, oftentimes more than the engines themselves…And, I’m sure that Oliver stand is very rare.
Your engine will need all the basic stuff, water pump, ignition, fuel, lower seal stuff, but that is no big deal…
Cool, just read your post and the compression came up, you are on the road to success now…

I am excited about getting this one going. After replacing the head gasket and restoring compression I removed the power head and lower unit. I don’t think they had been off before. I think I pulled the original impeller out of the pump. It still looks good but has taken a bad set, of course. It may have been lots of years since this one was last run.

Kind of curious, does anyone have an idea approximately how long those original coils lasted before they began to crack and go bad? Just wondering how long this motor may have been stored. I imagine it varied a good deal.