I've only tested the first engine so far and the only adjustment was the
valves and tinkering with the Carb adjustments.
I've got confidence in my work and I expected everything to be OK on the
engine but I did find the one oil pump that would not prime. I was
fortunate enough to have a half dozen spares so it only took about twenty
minutes rather than two hours to change out the pump.
I don't know what inspection of the faulty pump will produce but I'll
check it out and crank the next engine using it after I inspect / repair
it.
If there is one thing I've learned about rebuilt air cooled engines it's
that you never crank the engine with ignition until you've proven that
you have oil pressure.
I've found several list members that either missed the drive slot or had
defective pumps and this practice has saved newly rebuilt engines for
them as well.
I'm looking forward to posting some pictures of this strange apparatus.
I envisioned a great explosion of torque and horsepower when the engine
first cranked but it just simply started and ran without much hoo-rah or
memorable events.
I see now that I've built the test stand with overkill since it didn't
need to be made from such heavy materials.
In reality, everything I've done in building the engine test stand can be
duplicated by simply tying the engine to a pallet and cranking it.
It's been an interesting experience wiring up the portable engine control
console in the tackle box and incorporating some safety and bypass
functions into the wiring procedures.

Stan Wilder

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Stan,

Excellent idea! Reading about your test stand adventures has made me
recall
the many run and test hours I used to put on the older VW air-cooled
motors.
The accessibility is excellent and the ability to monitor and adjust
things
couldn't be better. I fondly remember the hours spent trying to tune the
old
Holley BugSpray two barrel and the many hours on the stand tuning my
center
IECO four barrel on the modified Corvair six that I then mounted in the
72
Sundial hightop.

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