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1. It starts BUT... (score: 1): Author: John Van Valkenburgh <jvan@nando.net>; Date: Wed, 3 Jan 1996 13:55:25 -0500 (EST); Hello all, Just got everything put back together on my newly rebuilt engine last night and after some cranking I got the engine started :) :) :) It does not keep running long (only a few seconds at a; /html/mgs/1996-01/msg00063.html (8,829 bytes)
2. Re: It starts BUT... (score: 1): Author: Dirk de Boer <deboer@duke.usask.ca>; Date: Wed, 3 Jan 1996 15:16:42 -0800 (PST); The trick is to disconnect or short the coil so you don't get a spark, and then to spin the engine on the starter till you get oil pressure. Hope you did not damage the engine. Dirk; /html/mgs/1996-01/msg00065.html (7,626 bytes)
3. Re: It starts BUT... (score: 1): Author: "White, Richard H." <White@courier3.aero.org>; Date: Wed, 3 Jan 1996 13:31:00 -0800; The trick is to disconnect or short the coil so you don't get a spark, and then to spin the engine on the starter till you get oil pressure. Hope you did not damage the engine. Dirk; /html/mgs/1996-01/msg00066.html (7,842 bytes)
4. Re: It starts BUT... (score: 1): Author: palte@rt.el.utwente.nl (Bert Palte); Date: Thu, 4 Jan 1996 12:21:38 GMT; That's how I ALWAYS start up my MGB, i.e. - first, just cranking, until the oil pressure builds up, - only then, use the choke control to enable the engine to start. Bert; /html/mgs/1996-01/msg00080.html (7,376 bytes)
5. Re: It starts BUT... (score: 1): Author: wzehring@cmb.biosci.wayne.edu (Will Zehring); Date: Thu, 4 Jan 1996 08:22:35 -0500; Fellow fiends: Regarding this thred; I'm a bit (just a bit!) concerned that the fellow who posted the original message has run the engine for 30 second "bouts" but still not registered any oil preass; /html/mgs/1996-01/msg00081.html (8,334 bytes)
6. Re: It starts BUT... (score: 1): Author: "Roger Garnett" <rwg1@cornell.edu>; Date: Thu, 4 Jan 1996 09:59:43 -500; Another note on cranking the engine to build oil pressure Remove the plugs first! That way, your battery will last longer, and the engine can turn faster. I've seen engines that wouldn't prime at pl; /html/mgs/1996-01/msg00087.html (8,040 bytes)
7. Re: It starts BUT... (score: 1): Author: jurrasm@genesis.torrington.com (Mark Jurras); Date: Thu, 4 Jan 1996 12:27:43 -0500; - -snip- - When I did my rebuild the instruction was to start and run unloaded at 2000 rpm for 20 minutes to wear in the cam and lifters. I also recall something about keeping the revs below 3k for s; /html/mgs/1996-01/msg00098.html (8,302 bytes)
8. Re: It starts BUT... (score: 1): Author: "David M Culgan" <culgandm@ggdns.gg.dupont.com>; Date: Thu, 4 Jan 96 14:02:02 EST; Mark Jurras writes (about "breaking in" a new engine): ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ I was always under the impression that this was the worst type of driving for a new rebuild. Did my dad steer me wro; /html/mgs/1996-01/msg00100.html (7,568 bytes)
9. Re: It starts BUT... (score: 1): Author: jurrasm@genesis.torrington.com (Mark Jurras); Date: Thu, 4 Jan 1996 15:25:50 -0500; I could have been told to do the wrong thing. At the time I did not have access to the vast knowledge base available to me today. - -Mark = =o&o; /html/mgs/1996-01/msg00107.html (7,922 bytes)
10. Re: It starts BUT... (score: 1): Author: Shel Bercovich <SBERCOVICH@cbe.ab.ca>; Date: Thu, 04 Jan 1996 18:00:32 -0700 (MST); I'm with _you_, Dave. I've always worked on the premise of: _Never_ lug an engine! Break-in should see 2000 - 3500 or 4000 rpms at part throttle only; _never_ wide open throttle (WOT). The only times; /html/mgs/1996-01/msg00113.html (8,574 bytes)

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