Thanks fella's!

Now, here is the rest of the story........

I set up the engine on the test stand. I filled the fuel tank. Making sure the glow plugs did not have any current, I closed the choke on the carb, opened the throttle wide, and started pulling the prop through to prime the engine. I could not see any fuel traveling through the lines. (Could have been because of the bright sunlight). I must have cranked it over 20 or 30 times. Now, no way in heck was I going to try to start this engine by hand, if I was not getting fuel up to it. All those videos on Youtube showing hand starting this engine, I was like "BS!!" lol...

So I thought I had better hit it with the electric starter (plugs still off) to see if I could get some fuel flowing. I had that brand new Tru-Turn spinner hub on there. I had also polished it nicely. I was using a new to me, Sullivan 24V starter that has a metal cone, as compared to my old Sullivan 12V starter with a plastic cone. The motor was hard to crank, and I did not apply the starter forcefully enough and so it jumped off the spinner and the metal cone, spinning wildly fast, proceeded to dig into my nice, new, shiney spinner hub. All the way across it! [:@]

Aye yie yie........

I have already sanded out the gouges and re-polished it good as new.

Well I still did not see fuel travelling through the line, but I figured it MUST have after I spun it up a fair amount with the starter on the second try.

So I turned on the glow driver, and you saw in the video what happened. It started immediately.

Some other things I learned.........

Stay-Brite brand silver bearing solder will not hold up to the heat of a four stroke engine. After all was said and done, the solder had softened and 4 of 5 inlet stubs had come undone. []

I was quite surprised, about that. I thought sure it would be just fine. It melts at 430°F, so the exhaust is getting fairly hot. I can repair the ring muffler though, and I will. I did some quick researching and found some "sil-phos" brazing rod for copper.

Another thing I learned, is that Rustoleum high heat BBQ paint is not fuel proof. After the engine cooled off and I was wiping it down, the paint came right off on the rag.

Oh well, live and learn!

Thanks everyone, for following along on this overhaul thread. [sm=thumbup.gif]