Initial start up, and oil gallery plug leak

[swifty]

Spider that's a lot neater solution than my bolt . Yes i have used a copper washer as well as thread sealer . Sometimes you use what's to hand at times , but if I ever do it to another block then I will use the in hex plug .... . The block in the pic is a thick flange S that I used regularly when I built a race engine . So during rebuilds it was so easy to clean out the oil ways . It now being retired finally and going into a road going mk3 S ... .

[Spider]

Ken, Given that yours gets a regular tear down, I think what you've done is the way to go for sure, may not look as 'neat' as an Inhex Plug, but be way easier to remove and also seal.

I start tapping these holes for the Inhex plugs in the drill press - only turning by hand or course and only to get the thread started as square as can be. One other thing I'll mention in regards to using these 'neat' plugs is I seal them with Loctite and while that works very well in that regards. it is necessary to warm (considerably!) the plugs up to get them out, something you wouldn't have to do with your solution.

[mini_surfari]

Well i seem to have cured my oil leak... and swapped the oil pump out and its all back in,

however for the life of me i cannot get it to start, ive checked the static timinig, adjusted the carbs as said, but it will refuses to fire up...

im lost on this one

[Tim]

I always have this problem with new engines and its always because I've got the distributor drive 180° out. You'd reckon I would have worked it out by now.

Tim

[mini_surfari]

well i found my issue, faulty fuel pressure regulator...

new one fitted, fired straight up, now to do the timing and fuelling, and head to the rolling road!

should be on the road this summer finally