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Shadetree · 09-14-2012, 01:20 PM

I heard my `51 F1 run for the first time last evening. I could not believe how easy it started. Using all of my learned Fordbarn knowledge I primed the oil pump by squirting engine oil down the oil pressure port. Turned the engine over with the spark plugs removed until I had 20 pounds oil pressure showing. We put the plugs back in, hit the starter button and it started on the first power stroke! Honestly! The three of us were dumbfounded! My wife had pulled a chair up to watch my son and I try to make this truck run and the show was over within minutes. It sat there and clucked with 60 pounds oil pressure like it had never been apart. I guess everything was primed and ready to go. I had purchased a rebuilt 7RT carb off eBay that had been rebuilt and tested, it was perfect! I didn't have to touch it. I am a happy camper on this transformation from a six cylinder to a flathead V-8 engine...

Lawson Cox · 09-14-2012, 01:38 PM

Great to hear how easy it was to crank and how it runs. Good Show.

Old Henry · 09-14-2012, 01:45 PM

Congratulations! Another happy, red-letter day!

Russ/40 · 09-14-2012, 03:39 PM

You might consider making the idle mixture adjustments anyway.

Barry-ct · 09-14-2012, 06:24 PM

Congrats!!! I love to hear my flatty run every time I start it up!

bugsiegel · 09-14-2012, 06:34 PM

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Make a video and post it. We'd love to see it/hear it.

Ken Crans · 09-14-2012, 07:35 PM

Nice Job! That's a Godsend when everything comes together. Ken

Mike in AZ · 09-15-2012, 01:03 AM

Congrats, Bud!!!!!....now post some pics....video??.....Mike

Fe26 · 09-15-2012, 03:11 AM

I know that feeling, annnnnnd it's a beauty! Well done mate.

BILL WZOREK · 09-15-2012, 04:36 AM

CONGRAT'S
Kind of makes me want to go and restart the 53 with the burnt valve and all.

BILL W

1952henry · 09-15-2012, 06:50 AM

Makes me look forward to that day even more.

31chevy · 09-15-2012, 06:50 AM

I agree with FE26 it's a wonderful feeling when it fires up.
Gary

09-14-2012, 01:20 PM	#1
Shadetree Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Cottageville, WV Posts: 1,535	It Runs! I heard my `51 F1 run for the first time last evening. I could not believe how easy it started. Using all of my learned Fordbarn knowledge I primed the oil pump by squirting engine oil down the oil pressure port. Turned the engine over with the spark plugs removed until I had 20 pounds oil pressure showing. We put the plugs back in, hit the starter button and it started on the first power stroke! Honestly! The three of us were dumbfounded! My wife had pulled a chair up to watch my son and I try to make this truck run and the show was over within minutes. It sat there and clucked with 60 pounds oil pressure like it had never been apart. I guess everything was primed and ready to go. I had purchased a rebuilt 7RT carb off eBay that had been rebuilt and tested, it was perfect! I didn't have to touch it. I am a happy camper on this transformation from a six cylinder to a flathead V-8 engine... __________________ Son, you will never blow an engine up in high gear.

09-14-2012, 01:38 PM	#2
Lawson Cox Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Above the gnat line in Georgia Posts: 7,009	Re: It Runs! Great to hear how easy it was to crank and how it runs. Good Show. __________________ Life is like a roll of toilet paper. The closer to the end, the faster it goes. It is better to be seen, than viewed. "We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm".

09-14-2012, 01:45 PM	#3
Old Henry Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Orem, Utah Posts: 5,762	Re: It Runs! Congratulations! Another happy, red-letter day! __________________ Prof. Henry (The Roaming Gnome) "It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end.” *Ursula K. Le Guin in The Left Hand of Darkness

09-14-2012, 03:39 PM	#4
Russ/40 Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Santee, California Posts: 3,505	Re: It Runs! You might consider making the idle mixture adjustments anyway.

09-14-2012, 06:24 PM	#5
Barry-ct Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Newington, Connecticut Posts: 1,374	Re: It Runs! Congrats!!! I love to hear my flatty run every time I start it up! __________________ Barry 50 F-1

09-14-2012, 06:34 PM	#6
bugsiegel Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 248	Re: It Runs! Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) Make a video and post it. We'd love to see it/hear it. __________________ Mechanically Inclined but not Auto Familiar

09-14-2012, 07:35 PM	#7
Ken Crans Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Highland,MI Posts: 1,196	Re: It Runs! Nice Job! That's a Godsend when everything comes together. Ken

09-15-2012, 01:03 AM	#8
Mike in AZ Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Waddell, AZ Posts: 2,540	Re: It Runs! Congrats, Bud!!!!!....now post some pics....video??.....Mike

09-15-2012, 03:11 AM	#9
Fe26 Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 949	Re: It Runs! I know that feeling, annnnnnd it's a beauty! Well done mate.

09-15-2012, 04:36 AM	#10
BILL WZOREK Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Florence Ma. Posts: 2,404	Re: It Runs! CONGRAT'S Kind of makes me want to go and restart the 53 with the burnt valve and all. BILL W

09-15-2012, 06:50 AM	#11
1952henry Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: North Dakota Posts: 1,621	Re: It Runs! Makes me look forward to that day even more. __________________ I dig coal, which provides motivation for EVs.

09-15-2012, 06:50 AM	#12
31chevy Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Lake City Mi. Posts: 807	Re: It Runs! I agree with FE26 it's a wonderful feeling when it fires up. Gary