icanfixall
Official GMM hand model
Well yesterday late I finally got power and fuel to my new again motor. So I'm up on the bumper and the key is on as I try to jump the solenoid.... All I get is a starter click. Try as I did it wouldn't turn over. So I bared over the motor and it turned fine so I go-a-looken for the whys.... I just knew I didn't connect something on the starter circut but what... Then I see it. My cables all have lugs soldiered on the ends and on the batteries I have marine connectors so its really easy to unhook the battery. No more pulling the clamps off the battery for me. What I forgot to hook up was the positive going down to the starter. No power... No starter turning. I connected that and bled the fuel system and it fired right up. Ran clean from the get go and smooth too. No noises either. My idle oil pressure is 55 lbs cold. I shimmed up the spring by 78 thousands. I don't have the radiator in yet so it has not really warmed up yet. But at least its running and nothing is growing out of the block or leaking oil. Its been 1 month short of a year since I burned up the first rebuild at 5200 miles when a freeze plug decided it didn't like living in the block. Something some of you need to remember.... When you loose all your coolant the senders are not "seeing" and coolant for a reading and you can drive for a short time before all hell breaks loose... My radiator has a low coolant sender in the top tank just so I can see whats possibley happening in the motor.......