Home - Memorial Day - Monday - May 25th

Time to hang the remaining parts and get water to the block for cooling, diesel to the pumps for fuel and wiring to the electrical for ignition, alternator and starter.

 

 

I released the compression and turned the engine over 75-100 times to prime the oil pump and flood the journals and lines with oil.

Then, I turned the engine over another 35-50 times to flush the fuel lift pump, fuel injector pump and line to the injector from any chunklets of debris.

 

Used a bucket and water for cooling water. Boy, does the water pump - pump water. I was surprised.

 

I will use the old harness for the wiring. Will save me making a new one and it has the right connections.

 

The engine started right off, but no water was coming from the outlet hose. I removed the water pump opened it up and guess what?

No impeller.

I put in a new one. You see, I started this project but was interrupted and I forgot of it.

 

Again it started and ran. Pounding and moving the box on the floor, off the floor about a quarter inch in ever possible direction.

Water started oozing from the edges of the head gasket. Nutz! And Double Nutz!

I removed/moved what I had to and took the head off. Yes, the blowby from the combustion pushed the water out the sides.

The head was surface machined so it was not the likely culprit. I did the best I could to see if the top of the cylinder was not level. Looked flat to me.

In the end, I fetched my new gasket, painted it with high-heat primer, let that dry on both sides and put it in. This time I was very careful during the re-torquing.

 

I ran it for short bursts and later, after Tom stopped by, the water stopped dribbling out.

I called my nephew Bill Dieter in Florida and all I did was correct in his humblest of opinions.

I, felt betterer ...

Later ...