It runs. I finally got my T2 back together. Probably cranked maybe 4 seconds and it fired right up. I kept the idle up at about 1500 for a few minutes and then it idled by itself at about 1100. In past rebuilds I used just petroleum jelly to coat all of the surfaces but this time I used the stuff Aaron Cake cites in his rebuild video, Royal Max Purple Assembly Lube. I think the Royal Max stuff smokes even more than the petroleum jelly. I stayed in the car a little too long and the garage was so engulfed in smoke that I couldn't see. A police car happened to drive by just as the smoke was really billowing out of the door and the officer asked if everything was alright.

 

Soooooooooo do you reccomend using this product? Lol.

 

cop prly thought you were trying to kill yourself :P

congratulations btw

 

I would say it definitely has better cohesion than the vaseline. I applied some of the purple max to a housing and then tried to scrap it off with an apex seal. It actually bonds to the metal.
This is my fifth rebuild. The first 4 I used Vaseline and they had no problems. The purple max is just another layer of protection. I bought the large bottle for about $15 and I only needed about 1/2 of it.

 

He probably thought the garage was on fire because I was standing outside the door watching the smoke roll out.

Thanks. I had so much trouble with the engine before the rebuild I was sure happy to have it fire up and then idle pretty smoothly.

I still have to put the exhaust back on and then I'm going to take it for a ride. If nothing happens, it will be first time the 7 was more than 100 yds from the garage since I bought it last October.

 

That's awesome.

It's always great to hear success stories. Makes me dare to hope my car will run some day

 

Same here. Ditto. On both statements. lol

Wheres the pictures?!

 

Well that's good, i just ordered some from work! it cost me 15 bucks, what did it cost you?

 

I ordered the Max-Tuff Assembly Lube from Amazon.com for $13.99.