36 horse startup

ffemt300 · **Posted:** Tue Apr 21, 2009 9:56 am

outoftheoffice wrote:

Does anyone have any suggestion of what weight oil to use for startup? I was planning on filling it with oil to start it with and run it, then drain and refill. Any suggestion for what weight to use after startup, for the oil that will stay in the car?

Shooting for bringing the motor to life this Friday, Saturday, or Sunday. Hopefully barkeep and veedubcrazy will be there. ffemt300 and kostya, you guys comin as well? I'll get better times when it gets closer to the weekend

i work friday, but im off the rest of the weekend and Ill be there if you do it then!

Fitz · **Posted:** Tue Apr 21, 2009 1:49 pm

i use castro oil hd 30 weight or hd 40...

outoftheoffice · **Posted:** Tue Apr 21, 2009 10:04 pm

That's what I'm hearing - use 30wt for initial startup/run. I was going to drain/refill after first running - should I just use straight 30wt for normal driving or something else like 10w-40?

mk-Zero · **Posted:** Tue Apr 21, 2009 10:34 pm

Are the cam/lifters new? If they are do the 20 minute cam break in and then change the oil. Then change it after about the first 100 miles or so, then in about 500, then go to regular intervals

Fitz · **Posted:** Wed Apr 22, 2009 11:18 am

stick to straight weight oil...

outoftheoffice · **Posted:** Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:21 am

Got the thermostat and cooling ring assembly installed yesterday. Shooting for more work and hopefully starting the engine on Friday starting at 11am. If you want to come by PM me.

outoftheoffice · **Posted:** Fri Apr 24, 2009 4:32 pm

Alright, I got a plan. If anyone wants to come out tomorrow (Saturday) around noon I'm gonna be doing some more work. Barkeep and I got a few chores done today but we didn't start the motor yet - hopefully tomorrow

outoftheoffice · **Posted:** Tue Apr 28, 2009 8:03 am

So Sunday night left us with disappointment, engine would turn over but we weren't getting any spark out of the coil. Did have the fuel and air, though.

Monday - pulled the distributor out and took it to see Donnie. His infinite wisdom pointed out that the bolt used to pass current through the distributor for the condenser and coil was grounding out on the shell of the distributor. $3 in rubber grommets from ACE and we had that problem fixed. Still no spark. Replaced the point - now we have spark.

Still Monday night - first two tries were a no go. Third try - pulled the choke - fired right up and ran smooth as butter, nice and quiet. Ran it for a couple minutes and then shut it down. Hooked up a tach then fired it back up, had good rpms on the tach. Haven't timed it yet, that's on the to do list for tonight along with break in and then another oil change.

Everything looked good on post-run inspection except I am leaking some oil from the area where the motor and tranny mate. Hopefully I can track it down before the body comes back this week, any suggestions?

ffemt300 · **Posted:** Tue Apr 28, 2009 1:07 pm

Sweet job Omar! Glad to hear it! I know you guys took some video of that! Lets see it! As for the oil leak...flywheel seal?

outoftheoffice · **Posted:** Wed Apr 29, 2009 7:27 am

ffemt300 wrote:

Sweet job Omar! Glad to hear it! I know you guys took some video of that! Lets see it! As for the oil leak...flywheel seal?

Yea, I am thinking this is the culprit (also known as the rear main seal?). Any other way to find out without pulling the engine?

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