The new waterpump, alternator, and radiator are in the car – after fighting with it for a bit last night. Didn’t clean all the old RTV sealant and so the first shot at putting the waterpump back on and filling the radiator resulted in a leaky mess. Jim and I took everything back off, cleaned [...]
Jim came out the other night and helped me drain the coolant, get the radiator off, and remove the old water pump and fan assembly. We tried a number of insane things to get the bolt off the fan coupling but it didn’t budge. At one point we had the water pump in a vice, [...]
This is a short synopsis because I’m a little tired:
Compression tests on cylinders read OK (thanks Jim for letting me borrow your gauge). They read from about 125-140. The book says that they should be 142-170 but this car is nearly 40 years old and I am not terribly interested in high performance. I will [...]
Drove her 8 miles from storage to my parents house, even with the rear carburetor not quite up to snuff she cruised along smoothly. I was a bit worried about the tires and brakes for the first mile. Actually I still am worried about the tires and brakes but it was overheating a bit on [...]
