[AT] Mustang

[charlie hill]

Spencer,  sounds like the oil rings took a few minuted to seat.

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Spencer Yost" <Spencer.Yost at piedmontsystems.com>
To: <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Saturday, April 17, 2004 11:21 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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