Here's a short video of my 235 being started for the very first time. My first engine rebuild.
If you noticed the knocking before start-up, my oil pump's suction arm got slightly bent about a year ago. The crank just barely hits it on the upswing, so I'm gonna have to pull the pan and fix it. But, because it hits it on the upswing, once the engine actually fires, it just turns the threads and moves it out of the way. Very easy to fix, I just need to tighten the pipe up a bit.
Other than that, I've ran the engine for longer periods to test and everything seems to sound great. I haven't made timing adjustments or final valve adjustments yet, and it's on a straight pipe, but to my untrained ears it sounds like music!
