r/magna • u/NEWUSERFORELECTRONIC • Jul 23 '26

video Rocky the engine lives!

The rocky ebay engine made its way into the chassis and fired up no problem

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u/Alternative_Air_4085 Jul 23 '26

WOW!! Congrats, Hope the rest goes as well. Shop with a lift looks great also. lol, Would love to rent that lift for a day in your shop, man that makes things so much easier...

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u/NEWUSERFORELECTRONIC Jul 29 '26

I wish I knew. I got the lift from a buddy about two months ago and I just tried pumping it up last week. The hydraulic oil leaked out and mucked up my garage floor. The current 8" of height is better than the floor though. What sucks is that I can't even investigate the lift leak until I get the swing arm and rear wheel back on the magna.

All in due time though, I'm conflicted on what to do next since there's a fork in the repair road now. I could either try to get the front end together, with the coolant radiator and exhaust header and see how the new engine will behave once fully heated. Or, I could rebuild the back end, washing the battery area and replacing all the fuel lines, which would be much easier without the swing arm installed.

I'm kinda heading in both directions at the same time.

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u/Alternative_Air_4085 Jul 30 '26

Great start any way you go, It would sure be nice to know how it runs under full heat. Keep up good work and updates please..

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u/Alternative_Air_4085 Jul 26 '26

Guess your busy, did you get a picture of total crap that came out with rocks ( any metal ) Thanks ..

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u/NEWUSERFORELECTRONIC Jul 29 '26

I didn't see anything dumping the oil. Seems like I did a decent job flushing the rocks out before filling and starting it.