Yep oil dripping by rockers just can't see in video and smoke is from paint lol all seams to be well with the motor now not going to run it much until we get some coolant in it

Congratulations on getting that thing running - good job.

Are you getting oil to the rocker arms? It was hard to tell in the video, and I think that smoke we saw is coming from the "curing" of the exhaust manifold paint right? Those rocker arms ought to be pretty wet from the oil running through the shaft, and you ought to be able to see small puddles of oil in the head near the exhaust manifold.

what is your oil pressure like?

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Great going! The oil in the cylinders must have brought compression up on the dry rings. You, and your dad, must feel a lot of relief. Now you just have to get it together and up to Columbus next labor day so we can all enjoy it. Chuck

Y's guys rule!
Looking for McCullouch VS57 brackets and parts. Also looking for 28 Chrysler series 72 parts. And early Hemi parts.

MoonShadow, 292 w/McCulloch, 28 Chrysler Roadster, 354 Hemi)
Manchester, New Hampshire

CONGRATS... Love the "cheering section" in the back ground.

"The Master Cylinder"

Enjoying life at the beach in SOCAL

WOOHOO got it started!!! compression was very low motor has been sitting put together for 2 years put some oil in 3 cyls and un hooked the vac advance turned starter with 12v and away it went!!!!!!!!! thanks for all the help will keep every one posted as the project go. another yblock firing again thanks again!!!!

On the 6 volt system there is no bypass starting connection from the Solenoid to Coil.I did suggest the same idea with running a temporary connection between the Battery and coil because it is possible there is a problem with the ignition switch not proving 6 volts when the key is turned all the way to the "Start" position.One other question-with 6 volt + ground system is the coil hookup reversed?Does the + terminal on the coil go to the Distributor instead of the - as it would be on negative ground system?

  

One other thing would be to run a jumper wire from the battery directly to the coil. That would bypass any switch or solenoid problems. Chuck

Y's guys rule!
Looking for McCullouch VS57 brackets and parts. Also looking for 28 Chrysler series 72 parts. And early Hemi parts.

MoonShadow, 292 w/McCulloch, 28 Chrysler Roadster, 354 Hemi)
Manchester, New Hampshire

You should be able to use a 12 v to jump with. JUST KEEP AN EYE ON IT and remove cables if you don't get something going.
Agree with the carb connection versus manifold connection.

Check timing AGAIN and by all means check the spark phg wiring again per the dist rotation. Happens to the best of us.

That thing looks great. What an enormous project. After all the labor of love on the body and running gear the yblock should be starting soon. Keep us updated. Someone really wanted a 54 convertible BAD.

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Ryan couple things... looking at the pictures, it appears your vac advance is going to the Intake? Should be going to the "ported" connection on the carb. Maybe it is advancing the spark to far causing the engine to turn over slowly during start up.



Also I assume you are using the passenger side #1 cylinder to time the engine, not the drivers side #1 cylinder (#5). Some have confused #5 for #1 because it is farther forward.

AWESOME VIDEO...

"The Master Cylinder"

Enjoying life at the beach in SOCAL

thanks for the comments not sure if I will be able to work on it thin weekend. a lot of work has went in to this car it was not even a convt. to start with it was a sedan and a hard top and a convt. the convt. was really bad shape and was all cut apart and put back to gather from fire wall down is sedan and quarters and rear wheel houses were cut out and and welded back on and hard top doors . were used every thing off the convt. was removed and installed on the other car including all mounts and cross members from the convt. the other frame was bent but all fit back together well was done on a rotisserie and we made the floor and body mounts all was in really bad shape its been 3 years in the making and would like to hear it run before winter we live in northern MN and don't work on it much in the winter hope to finish next spring. I have painted and done a lot of body work as a hobby. will add a link to show some of the rough in work lol