Oh yeh! There will be a lot of resistance until the new rings set. If I
were you I'd use a strong battery charger or use jumper cables, to put more
oomph into the starter motor. Otherwise your engine might not get enough
speed to startup and your battery will die. Did you squirt a little oil
into the cylinders before installing the spark plugs? Because an oil primer
won't lube the pistons and rings; that comes from the slinging action of a
running engine.
Fred - So.SF
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>Subject: Starting rebuilt engine
>Author: dana nojima <noji-1@pacbell.net>
>Date: 6/13/2001 11:09 AM
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>I've got the engine back in the car last night. Having never rebuilt
>an engine I'm not sure how tight things are supposed to be. The
>engine has new rings and has had the cylinders honed. Should this
>increase the friction a lot? There was much more resistance tuning
>everything by hand compared to the old block.
>
>Not having one of Tom Walters priming tools, I used one of the 4 way
>screwdrivers. Just used the drive portion of screwdriver and a
>cordless drill and it was priming heaven.
>
>Dana
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