1980 Pontiac LeMans Station Wagon - G-T-faux (stuck with it, and can't shake it... like a bad case of herpes)
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Didn't get to start it... but did find a lovely fuel leak.
Always fun explaining to your 4 year old why you are panicking, while you are panicking, not to walk off with the pile of wrenches you just made, and to stay away from the fuel puddle forming under the differential. Good times. But, this is why we bench test stuff rather than just cranking it over and watching it burn.
Also I managed to leave the key on last night and drained the battery - so it is sitting on the charger.
In the meantime I explained to my garage monkey how a worm gear clamp works, had her help mount the coil packs, and also had her help me remember how to overfill a power steering reservoir (making another puddle and moment of panicked damage control). Then she just went to town sticking the extendable pen magnet onto every surface she could find.
Finished up with some other Mickey Mouse stuff as we are getting closer to launch.
Always fun explaining to your 4 year old why you are panicking, while you are panicking, not to walk off with the pile of wrenches you just made, and to stay away from the fuel puddle forming under the differential. Good times. But, this is why we bench test stuff rather than just cranking it over and watching it burn.
Also I managed to leave the key on last night and drained the battery - so it is sitting on the charger.
In the meantime I explained to my garage monkey how a worm gear clamp works, had her help mount the coil packs, and also had her help me remember how to overfill a power steering reservoir (making another puddle and moment of panicked damage control). Then she just went to town sticking the extendable pen magnet onto every surface she could find.
Finished up with some other Mickey Mouse stuff as we are getting closer to launch.
First start up with just enough tweaking to get it to idle.
It sounds like me on a Monday morning!
No kidding, it sounds better now that it has had some coffee. More idle tuning tonight.
Very cool! Great to hear it running...you've put alot of great work into it to get to this point!
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