Diamo Restoration Project

bull · 07-10-2015, 03:20 PM

For the past day, I have been gently hand rotating the engine to distribute the oil and prelube everything.

Today fuel was added to the tank and manually flowed to the carb. A battery was installed, switches were tested and most failed, the horn worked once only, installed a CDI module and bypassed enough switches to crank it over by starter.

The engine did not even rotate a second time before it fired up and roared to life. It immediately burned the residual oil I had placed into the cylinder. After that had burned off, it settled down and runs smooth. It shows plenty of power on the center stand.

After allowing it to run about 15 minutes, had to shut it down by disconnecting the CDI

The next part will be disassemble all the switches and service them. Then start testing all the components like relays, regulators and such.

07-10-2015, 03:20 PM	#2
bull Join Date: Feb 2015 Posts: 257	For the past day, I have been gently hand rotating the engine to distribute the oil and prelube everything. Today fuel was added to the tank and manually flowed to the carb. A battery was installed, switches were tested and most failed, the horn worked once only, installed a CDI module and bypassed enough switches to crank it over by starter. The engine did not even rotate a second time before it fired up and roared to life. It immediately burned the residual oil I had placed into the cylinder. After that had burned off, it settled down and runs smooth. It shows plenty of power on the center stand. After allowing it to run about 15 minutes, had to shut it down by disconnecting the CDI The next part will be disassemble all the switches and service them. Then start testing all the components like relays, regulators and such.
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