[AT] Mustang

[Larry Voris]

Spenser:
    Did you put oil on the new rings when you installed
them.  There is one company that I buy rings from says,
to install the rings dry and they will seat on the first
few times up and down in the holes. Granted the compression
may not be as good for a few minutes, but it has worked for me.

Larry Voris

----- Original Message -----
From: "Spencer Yost" <Spencer.Yost at piedmontsystems.com>
To: <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Saturday, April 17, 2004 10:21 PM
Subject: [AT] Mustang


> Just wanted to let you folks now that the Massey Harris Mustang I have
been working on over the last several weeks has come to life!
>
> Everything went pretty smooth except I was quite surprised at the amount
of smoke the first 10 to 15 minutes.   MUCH more than any other engine I had
ever done.  Man did that thing smoke like a 20 year old marine diesel for 5
minutes.  Then it died down to something a little more reasonable.  After
about 15 minutes, when I was getting it ready to shut down for the second
head torque-ing, it had stopped burning oil and started running clean.
>
> I'd love to hear some "new engine startup" stories from you folks to see
if anyone else had any problems with the engine smoking excessively at first
start-up.
>
> Other than that, it runs really well.   I just have some adjustments to
make.
>
> Spencer
>
>
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