Hooper11772
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WHERE TO BEGIN...
So after Chris graciously stopped by earlier this week to give me hand getting the midget running i've been anxiously awaiting working all the kinks out of it that we discovered upon startup. I got to it this weekend making some good progress....
The first thing that needed to be addressed was a small freeze plug leak. I remedied this temporarily with some JB weld that seems to be holding up quite well. I also needed to fix a small coolant leak from the shut off valve on the head. Made up a new gasket for that and that no longer leaks. Bled the clutch and breaks everything worked well no leaks and plenty of pedal with both.
Sooo onto adjusting the carbs so the engine would run smoothly upon startup. Turned the key engine fired and was revving high so I started making the adjustments from a carb tuning book Chris recommended. That's when progress came to a screachin halt...
I noticed a significant drop in oil pressure. By significant I mean I was running somewhere around 40 PSI and the pressure dropped to 10 PSI. I stopped the engine immediately and took a look under the car to see a good size puddle of oil that had accumulated. Took out the dipstick and was 1/2 quart down. It looks like the leak is coming from between the rear plate and the tranny bellhousing. I checked the oil pressure sending line, oil filter feed line, and oil pressure relief valve and the leak was definitely not coming from any of those. The only thing on the engine that I did not replace new was the oil pump. Although Chris and I did take a look at it prior to installing and it appeared to be in good shape. Could this be anything other than the pump or the scroll seal? The leak is pretty significant and starts immediately after startup. I'm hoping that an engine pull isn't necessary but i'm starting to feel like it is. Any suggestions?
So after Chris graciously stopped by earlier this week to give me hand getting the midget running i've been anxiously awaiting working all the kinks out of it that we discovered upon startup. I got to it this weekend making some good progress....
The first thing that needed to be addressed was a small freeze plug leak. I remedied this temporarily with some JB weld that seems to be holding up quite well. I also needed to fix a small coolant leak from the shut off valve on the head. Made up a new gasket for that and that no longer leaks. Bled the clutch and breaks everything worked well no leaks and plenty of pedal with both.
Sooo onto adjusting the carbs so the engine would run smoothly upon startup. Turned the key engine fired and was revving high so I started making the adjustments from a carb tuning book Chris recommended. That's when progress came to a screachin halt...
I noticed a significant drop in oil pressure. By significant I mean I was running somewhere around 40 PSI and the pressure dropped to 10 PSI. I stopped the engine immediately and took a look under the car to see a good size puddle of oil that had accumulated. Took out the dipstick and was 1/2 quart down. It looks like the leak is coming from between the rear plate and the tranny bellhousing. I checked the oil pressure sending line, oil filter feed line, and oil pressure relief valve and the leak was definitely not coming from any of those. The only thing on the engine that I did not replace new was the oil pump. Although Chris and I did take a look at it prior to installing and it appeared to be in good shape. Could this be anything other than the pump or the scroll seal? The leak is pretty significant and starts immediately after startup. I'm hoping that an engine pull isn't necessary but i'm starting to feel like it is. Any suggestions?