The journey begins - My cruiser is coming to America

[Shayne]

Can only hope

 

[silvercruiser]

Glad you got it over to the states ok. Il keep my fingers crossed for you on the headgasket/head.

 

[chadr]

Fingers crossed all is good.

 

[Scott]

Shame she's thrown a tantrum after being left alone on the ship for so long, glad she's arrived without damage and cleared the authorities. Hopefully fixing her will be the easy part.

 

[Beau]

Thanks Guys! Yep, it seems she's not a fan of America so far...

 

[120mm]

When in the states, you really need to sign up for IH8Mud forum.

A better bunch of land cruiser friends you will never find.

Here's hoping your head is ok.

 

[Sag]

Hope all ends up ok buddy

 

[Beau]

Should have updated this sooner, but anyway, the good news is the head doesn't seem cracked and there are no signs of any kind of gasket failure. However, I haven't set my hopes too high because I know in time the symptoms can show more...Only time will tell now!

Only problem I'm having now is a little bit of a issue starting, she takes about 5 seconds of cranking, if not more, to catch and start. I think I've narrowed the problem down to air in the line as I put a clear line in the return line and found small bubbles in it, should this line be filled with solid fuel? I'm assuming so. Tomorrow I will run her directly off a bottle bypassing the primer pump and tank and see if that makes any difference.

Once started she drives fine, idles smooth and sounds great. If I switch her off and back on again within 10 seconds it'll only take a couple cranks, maybe once to start. However the longer I leave it for, 1 minute + it takes longer. None of this changes whether the engine is warm or cold. Question - should the primer pump stay rock hard when the engine is running?