Yipee! The Frankenlister ran today!

[Reno Speedster]

A while back I put up a post about a missing compression stroke.  Well today I went out to check it out and found that everything was just as it should be.  I just was not getting any compression when I rolled it over slowly, but when I spun it up the compression stroke was there. I think its just that the rings are not seated in.  So, I put in some fuel and bled the lines and kicked it over and it started right up!  I still need to get the throttle assembly adjusted and get a tach so I can get it dialed in, but first smoke,  what a great feeling.

[SHIPCHIEF]

Well that's just great!
It's been a while hasn't it?
After break-in, mine is very hard to turn over the compression stroke by hand, even after sitting for months!
Put it to work, you and Frankenlister will both love it.
Scott

[Reno Speedster]

Yes, its been a long time coming.  Getting her working is the idea, its job is to make electricity for the ranch.  I have to make a new generator mount (missed it by that much!).  Once thats on I will get it broken in with a little load on it.  Today I just got it fired and let it tick over for a minute or so at very low speed.  I know its best to do this with a load on but there we are.  I will get some pictures up when its in tune.  I think folks will like the drip oiler running to my new rocker arm assembly.