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Old 09-18-2022, 08:24 AM
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1967brutus
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I had the intention of making a build log here, but...

Before I knew it, the engine was assembled, and there was not that much to tell anyway, other than that the quality of this thing is fairly dissapointing.

But...

It runs!

It took two days of messing about, in which it gave an occasional pop or rumble. Then it struck me: During the messing about I got the feeling that both carbs did something different, and nothing I did WRT needle settings made any difference. So I checked the carbs and sure enough found one pumper membrane fitted different than the other.
The correct position of these membranes is ambiguous (long story) and there is no exploded view of the carbs availlable. So I figured, one way the pump won't work, the other way the pump valves won't work, I don't like fuel pumps anyway, so screw it, as long as both membranes are positioned the same, SOMETHING should improve.

And it did, although like crap, it fired right up, more or less.

Here is one of those first starts:


It has all appearance that it runs better by the minute almost, but time will tell if that remains true.