lonestarjeff
Well-known Member
I managed to get my 860 to the point of starting it up for the first time in 5 years. Still need to respray the front sheet metal since my last attempt had some catalyst issues, but otherwise I'm getting excited.
After the 3rd coil & stopping the fuel valve leak she started right up on 6v. Didn't take too much tweaking of the carb to get'er running smooth & idled down around 750.
I forgot I had left a loose bolt in the top hole of the lift aux plate, so I had a small oil gusher before snapping out of my blissful gawk at the newly running engine. After that, the only drip I have found is at the oil filter.
Only thing that concerns me a bit is the engine oil pressure is slow to come up. It comes on up to around 45# cold & hangs around 40 warmed up, but it sure takes it's sweet time when I first start up.
I re-used the old tube up to the guage & I noticed I'm getting a little trickle of oil on the cast iron beneath & behind the hydro pump, so maybe a little leak there at the fitting would cause a slow reading?
BTW, my re-routed fuel line is working very nicely now, no drips at the tank valve.
Jeff
After the 3rd coil & stopping the fuel valve leak she started right up on 6v. Didn't take too much tweaking of the carb to get'er running smooth & idled down around 750.
I forgot I had left a loose bolt in the top hole of the lift aux plate, so I had a small oil gusher before snapping out of my blissful gawk at the newly running engine. After that, the only drip I have found is at the oil filter.
Only thing that concerns me a bit is the engine oil pressure is slow to come up. It comes on up to around 45# cold & hangs around 40 warmed up, but it sure takes it's sweet time when I first start up.
I re-used the old tube up to the guage & I noticed I'm getting a little trickle of oil on the cast iron beneath & behind the hydro pump, so maybe a little leak there at the fitting would cause a slow reading?
BTW, my re-routed fuel line is working very nicely now, no drips at the tank valve.
Jeff
