IVC434 65 Posted June 22, 2021 Well, last Saturday was an epic day and has given me and my mate confidence and inspiration to push on harder than ever with the restoration of Granddad's old XC... After liberally lubricating each cylinder and leaving it for a week, we gently turned her over by hand. There were NO tight spots, weird sounds or unwanted friction at all and she turned beautifully... Battery was connected and carby was primed and after about 6 attempts, she briefly coughed and died... A few more attempts were made until, incredibly, the super fuel that was still in her tank (no, it HASN'T gone off at all) made it to the fuel pump and she ran long enough for me to get this very quick video. Pretty much a testament to the strength and engineering of the mighty crossflow engine... 6 1 XB18333, Slow250XC, bear351c and 4 others reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
deankxf 20,266 Posted June 22, 2021 awesome! great to see it running so easily good old SUPER with REAL LEAD probably run better with fresh fuel though Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gerg 10,871 Posted June 22, 2021 Nice to see... Although it's likely that the water pump is stuffed now due to running dry. No, it's not a myth, I confirmed that myself Sent from my CPH1920 using Tapatalk Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IVC434 65 Posted June 22, 2021 13 minutes ago, gerg said: Nice to see... Although it's likely that the water pump is stuffed now due to running dry. No, it's not a myth, I confirmed that myself Sent from my CPH1920 using Tapatalk Well, we'll find out soon enough. Getting it sorted next. Fingers crossed we might be lucky... 1 gerg reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
XB18333 16 Posted June 25, 2021 'Bit of lead in the pencil' proven to be a truism! 1 IVC434 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bear351c 10,270 Posted June 25, 2021 Excellent..! What a gem. 1 IVC434 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
