11/03/14
Together with the 1ZHR, the 1YB got some attention today.
A large oil puddle under the engine looked ominous, but it was a loose banjo connection on the fuel tank tap, which was quickly solved, plus a bit of a leak where the tap goes into the tank, which I'll look at tomorrow.
The fuel filter hasn't been changed while in our possession, so that was the first job. A huge amount of fine rust from the original fuel tank was in the bottom of the filter, and the filter element doesn't look as though it had been changed since new.
Cleaned the filter bowl out and put the new element in, no problems. Took a while to bleed it though, there wasn't a huge head of fuel so it took a while to fill the filter bowl and run through to the injection pump.
Startup was immediate, but there was still air in the pipes and it took two further goes before it would settle down and run properly. Oil pressure 40psi.
The Stationary Engine Parts silencer is a bit flimsy, the base joint is looking as though it is going to bend and fail, not good for 40 hours running.
The DC side was fine, volts came up as soon as the engine started, didn't load it as there was no water in the tanks.
Fitted the last of the new wheels as well.
The infusers that we bought to hold tea bags in have turned out not to be the stainless steel as advertised, the newer one has holes rusted through the mesh, the older one isn't quite as bas but not far off.
Will have to have a closer look when we buy the replacements.
Peter