Re: What next? Starter?

Posted by Ross On 2016/8/7 19:39:51

Cranking speed seems quite normal on the video, plus it almost wanted to catch.

I just awakened a 51 that had been sitting in storage since 1966 and the initial start was something of a struggle. A problem that develops after multiple start attempts, and when there has been oil poured down the manifold along with a lot of gas from multiple attempts, is that little puddles form in the manifold. These puddles cause the new gas vapor from the carburetor to condense into even bigger puddles. Also, when the engine does finally fire, the puddles get swept up into the cylinders and drown the engine again.

Tho many might disagree, if you have good brakes on the car, I would just put it on the end of a long rope and pull it down the street about 10 mph. Lock out the overdrive, put it in second with the ignition on and let out the clutch.

Provided you have done all the other preliminaries suggested here she should fire up, tho she will smoke like blue blazes till all the oil and fuel is burned out.