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Old 04-19-2025, 02:47 PM   #21
Flathead Fever
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Default Re: Flathead pre-oiler - good, bad and the ugly?

In the real world nobody stakes the time to prime an engine. We didn't do it at the phone company but that was on "their" engines. On my personal stuff I always prime the oil systems before attempting to start them Don't forget to run the new camshaft at the desired break-in rpm for the duration suggested, usually around 20-minutes. I pre-fill the carb and anything else I can think of so that hopefully it cranks a couple turns and lights off. Then immediately take the rpm up to camshaft break-in specs. After the cam is broke then I'll idle it down and adjust the timing and Idel air fuel mixture.
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