[youngrodder]

My fabricator friends made it over on Sunday to glue the broken starter tab back on the block. He ordered some special rod and it worked great on this repair. It had lower melting point so we didn't need to heat the area so much. I'm purposely not grinding the welds smooth as I want as much material as possible. I think the repair turned out great (all things considered)

Last night I re-tapped the starter bolt threads, installed the new starter, hooked up a bunch of misc. wires and pulled the plugs. I cycled the motor without any plugs to push the gas out of the #7 cylinder which caused the hydro lock. Gas shot across the garage. I was not prepared for that. Now I know why they say make sure you have no power going to the coils as it could easily cause a fire.

Later this week I will attempt to test fire the motor (again)

Marc