LMC 1500 Cabin Outing

[wakeupcall]

After about 5 years or see so, I decided to get the Lmc 1500 out of the shop and get her to run again. Had to drain all fuel out and change filters a carburetor rebuild was next. Reset timing from 9 degrees btdc to 13 degrees btdc seems to have more power than before. Ran into our cabin and bladed out the gates which were buried in 4 foot of snow. Nice to have a blade on a cat for sure! Here are a couple pictures.

 

[hansoni]

Interesting, I am going to check the timing on my 1500 this weekend, most things I have read say 10 degrees, did you notice any rise in temp?

 

[wakeupcall]

Did not see any noticeable increase in engine temp, but it starts better and has more power. The 10 degrees timing is good to what altitude? I had read that anywhere from .5 to 1 degree more per 1000 foot increase in elevation above 6000 ft. Not sure if all this is correct but the amc 258ci. engine i have is running better at the altitude we cat which is 9000- 10500 ft.

 

[KT3survivor]

cool pics! i think we need to get all the grand valley cats together for a day on the mesa. we could probably still do it in june this year hahaha

 

[hansoni]

Did not see any noticeable increase in engine temp, but it starts better and has more power. The 10 degrees timing is good to what altitude? I had read that anywhere from .5 to 1 degree more per 1000 foot increase in elevation above 6000 ft. Not sure if all this is correct but the amc 258ci. engine i have is running better at the altitude we cat which is 9000- 10500 ft.

I see, we run at no more than 2400 ft. so maybe 10 degrees is a good number for us.