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Oilguy
Member
Username: oilguy
Post Number: 50
Registered: 06-2007
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 10, 2007 - 01:07 pm: | 
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I just bought a 65 Chris*Craft Cavalier with a 327CID yesterday so I am now part of this group... I am coming to find that this is more of a collectors item than I had originally thought... I bought it because I loved the classic looking lines...
It is needing a restoration but the boat seems to be a good shape... The engine was rebuilt in 92 and has never been cranked >> the last owner was not a mechanic but he did pour Mystery oil in the cylinder every year and roll it over by hand...
I am going to have some questions about what needs to be done so I can get it back on the lake ASAP... |
Fastjeff
Senior Member
Username: fastjeff
Post Number: 3698
Registered: 09-2003
| | Posted on Friday, July 20, 2007 - 12:01 pm: |
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Pull the plugs. Crank it over while watching the oil pressure gage like a hawk. If it wheels over fast, and has spark, put NEW plugs in and fire it up.
Good luck! That was my favorite SB Chevy motor, by the way.
Jeff |
Oilguy
Member
Username: oilguy
Post Number: 66
Registered: 06-2007
| | Posted on Friday, July 20, 2007 - 04:01 pm: |
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I started working on it yesterday evening... I pulled the plugs and rolled it over but the starter rolled kinda slow... I adjusted the valves and re stabbed the distributor so that #1 firing position was in the right spot...
Re installed the plugs and found no fire...
Checked the points (I hate points) and found some corrosion and filled them... I can get them to fire the coil manually but when I roll the starter is seems to sap too much juice and the coil fire is weak....
I pulled the starter and took it apart and it was pretty dirty inside of it... I clean it up and put some grease in the roller bushings on the ends and reassmebled it...
I will install it next and see if that helped....
Here is a question...
It that doesn't work >>> Should I rebuild the old starter to stick with original or should I just get a modern chevy starter to solve the problem?
Oilguy |
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