14hs 321a is to tight

[Ken Black]

that feeling is sooooo sweet isnt it... almost like a drug.. you want more of it...
looking good for sure...
and its next morning time of this post.. hahhaha
hows she running ?? come on now ... tell us ..

 

[jkoenig]

Ken,

I hope he’s having too much fun to stop and post for the rest of us. And you are so right about that feeling!

 

[RAllison]

Actually I've been mowing. I did however get the starter and gas tank back on. When I tried starting it it cranked over and sounded like it wanted to start and then I saw I big flame shoot out the carb...any suggestions?

 

[bwstevens]

Start it

 

[RAllison]

It won't start I've been trying,I checked and I have spark

 

[bwstevens]

If you rebuilt it. it is coated with oil . With the points set around 0 020" or less it should be timed close

 

[RAllison]

Let me recheck the points

 

[RAllison]

Bingo Stevens,you Da man!!! She fired right up after I reset the points. Don't sound right though,it's missing its knock!

 

[bwstevens]

Open the points up some if you need the knock back. Flat heads are fussy about timing . Most of mine are knock free with less than 0.020" of point gap. I would run it above idle so as to splash all your new parts well.

 

[RAllison]

Gotcha!

 

[bwstevens]

It is great to hear that you have it running.

 

[RAllison]

My first rebuild,and while it might be frustrating all the problems have taught me measures...AWSOME to hear it start!

 

[Ken Black]

lil hint.. grab one of them stamped alum pans from dollar store.. so its nice and clean..
after about hour of run time.. drain oil.. u might see some silver in oil . but you know eyeball it if good toss oil put new in.. its a way to keep eye on if its goin to go or not sooner then later. i myself do 3 oil changes more time between each. hour on 1st .. 4 to 6 on 2nd and depending on what iam doing tilling or mowing or plowing on the 3rd and then normal from there. just me tho ..

but awsome to hear u got it.. now a video lol .. so we all can get our fix on lol

 

[RAllison]

Sounds like good practice....and I'll work on figuring out a video!

 

[RAllison]

She's coming together now that the engines running and back in!

 

[jmacdonald]

Robert glad to read you have it running . So somebody put in the wrong size rod so the crank would not rotate when the rod was torqued ?

 

[RAllison]

Yes but that rod came off that crank,and that motor ran (with a bad knock). All I can figure is that whoever rebuilt that other motor never torqued it to specs,just tightened it enough so it would rotate,that's all I can think of.

 

[hydroharry]

Robert - NICE, so glad she's running and you're getting her back together.

 

[RAllison]

 

[RAllison]

While putting shields and guards back on look what I came across which has to be slid over the hydro shaft before the motor goes back in...ugh!#! I'm the same guy who put his grill back on only to take it back off because I didn't put the pto link on first LOL!!!