302 teardown

Looking good Chris and Pat!!

Thanks guys! We're still messing with some little things before we use it for a whole weekend. It's running great and should be good for a few more MPH!

Hopefully we can get the trans cable adjusted and the rear mounts to break loose and square away alignment tonight. Otherwise it's running pretty dang good right now.

You're right Kap, it was turned around by the PO, not sure why but it's on my to do list.

Should have some video to post before too long. Gotta get some real work done first tho!

Hawktique wrote: That last pic gets my vote for a calendar spot!

+1

That last pic gets my vote for a calendar spot!

Tim, my cell service is terrible out at the lake. About 10 minutes into the break in run I saw you left a voicemail, was going to call you back and leave the phone on the swim deck but I'm sure I wouldn't have been able to get through.

Correct on the carb, dist and prop. I'll be really interested to see what this thing does now! And even more with a new prop. I'll be sure to pull numbers once we're out there.

Any advice for a break in procedure on the water?

Picked up a filter and 5 more quarts of VR1. Should be able to head back out to the lake around lunch time today and get the oil changed. I want to double check my running gear and then we're ready to hit the water!! I'll be sure to get some performance numbers and video uploaded if we get out on the water!

Picture Pat swears the magic number has been 50 this summer...$50 here, $50 there on little things to keep us on the water. So it's fitting I spend another 50 on an oil change today, right!? Welcome to boating, huh?!

I owe a big thank you to Tim Benjamin, Reid, Pete, Billy, Eric, Steve Workman and everyone who has chimed in on this thread or helped me along the way! Hopefully I won't have too many more questions to bug you with, but I honestly couldn't have done this without your help!!!

Thanks again guys!!!

Well its taken me almost all summer to get this thing together, back in the boat and to fire, but on the bright side it's now running!!

It took a while to get fuel up to the pump and into the carb. I ended up filling the line from the pump to the carb and then used a mustard bottle to spit fuel into the carb. Once I finally had fuel I was having trouble getting the motor to spin (timing was way too fast). Set to 10 degrees and it started right up and ran smooth as silk.

I had some help from my neighbor who spent 20 years building stock cars and a ski buddy's dad who is pretty savvy. The biggest hold up was me not knowing what the heck I was doing. Pretty scary thought to start this thing up when you've got some $$ tied up and the chance at ruining the cam!

What a thrill to hear her run again. Need to tie up some loose ends and then get a water test done!

Great job Chris!

i recently know of someone that put the pump on the top side of the eccentric and ran the bolts home....wiped the cam
goes in at the bottem and you lift up

Can anyone tell me if there is a fuel pump rod on this motor or does the arm of the fuel pump simply ride on the cam?

I have all the ignition ready to fire and am getting proper spark but no fuel up to the carb. Fuel filter/Separator is full but nothing in the hard line between the pump and carb.

I didn't crank the motor with the hardline off the pump to see if it was actually pumping fuel, but the hard line was completely dry so I'm guessing it's not pumping anything.

Guessing I didn't install the pump correctly?

Ha, disregard the last statement in my email! Glad you got the wiring sorted.

Boat is looking good- cant wait to hear how it runs. Did I ever ask what the story is with the older windshield?

Will do Pete.

Headed out to the lake now, I'll see if I can track this down tonight after I get the distributor dropped in. Hopefully I make some progress tonight!

I'd love to see the diagram! I'm sure I've stumbled on it once or twice but don't have it handy.

Nothing was changed, I simply marked all the connections before I pulled everything and placed them back on when we dropped the motor back in. I didn't get out a volt meter last weekend, should be able to check everything out tonight.

Pete, I figured it has to be something coming from the back of the motor since I haven't touched any of the gauges and they were all functioning properly before I pulled the motor out. I'm thinking there isn't anything being sent to them since that was all pulled off the motor when the rebuild happened.

Where does time go?

I had plans to get it running last weekend but a fever of 102 on friday put me under the weather most the weekend and changed those plans quickly. I'm hoping to get this thing started this week, but still have a few odds and ends to wrap up.

I finished up all the wiring this weekend and was able to bump it over once just to see if everything was connected properly.

I must have a bad connection somewhere as I don't have any reads from the gauges. When I turn the ignition to run a few gauges peg but I have no accessories (lights, horn, blower, bilge pump)

Any thoughts? I am guessing it has to be somewhere on the back of the motor, maybe a relay of some kind

Going to drop in the dist tonight and get the plug wires done with the intention of breaking in the cam this week at some point.