| 3/30/04
41 GMC
The lovely Nicole is pathetic when it comes to acting responsibly.
Chalk it up to age, or the lack thereof. She has had our money for
weeks, and still no key or pink slip. Randy will be calling her soon
to inform her he is coming over to pick up our cash and forget the
truck.
FC
The blower appeared to need everything, including bearings, although
the rotors were NOT bent. I was asked if I had “banged”
the blower. No, but it had backfired several times. Seems really odd
that the bearings would be shot, when this motor has really only had
4 runs at the track, and only a few more times idling in the driveway.
Whatever, another $457 for a blower refurb.
RANDY
Spent the day working with RL no his garage. The sooner it is done,
the sooner he can get going on HIS FC.
CONDOR
As the pix show, every inch of the body is being coated and smoothed.
This is the show car way. No word on the hood, notwithstanding it
has been over a week since the guys received their international money
order. I would have expected at least a shipping or crating confirmation,
perhaps a tracking number with some trucking company. I emailed them
yesterday with no reply as yet.
91 SUPER COUPE
I put it out on the street with a sign for $1900. If someone picks
up on it before Ron gets his act together, all the better.
TRAILER
Randy has offered me a refurbed 110-volt roof-mount Coleman AC unit.
I already have a front-mounted 220-volt unit putting out 26K BTU’s
of cooling. I wouldn’t mind another one, but I have to measure
the garage door height to see if it will make it in the garage if
I do mount it (another 13-15” of height). It’s REAL tight.
I also have to address the warped ceiling panels, do some sealing
around the front AC unit (air and water blow in), and do some housekeeping
in there. I am considering that idea from awhile back about changing
out the aluminum skins on the trailer to the gorgeous yellow ones.
I found another supplier from Haulmark who can get me them for about
$100 each. That’s still about $1500, and I have to either furr
out all the areas with rivets, or take all other panels off and start
fresh on the studs. An intriguing project in any case. I’ll
likely defer to just getting the FC running and making it to Bakersfield
before I try anything like changing out the trailer skin.
DUALLY
And getting the Dually/Duramax running BEFORE any new projects! Roy
hs been busy, and hurt his foot. He suggested he would get by this
week. We’re coming up on Wednesday, and I’m leaving Friday
AM for Las Vegas to watch some NITRO. Baida and I will be staying
with my aunt Mimi, catching the Paris lounge show with her daughter
and my cousin, Jeanie. Her brother is the former FANG from Paul Revere
and the Raiders. He has a new group of his own called Fang and the
Gang.
4/7/04
DUALLY
Picked up the driveshafts from Wenco for a mere $650! So we have achieved
mounts and the driveline.
Rob Anderson got me in touch with Lance at Vortech and Lance is coming
down Saturday morning to view the install and hopefully spearhead
it towards completion. Monster garage this is not. Chip Foose or the
Dominator Car Shop might be a closer thing, time wise at least (for
those of you who watch the car TV shows on cable).
REGAL
Got my first oowwee on the Regal when the gate closed on me prematurely.
It will ultimately require repainting of the right rear quarter panel.
For now I’m going to go out and buff it and see what gives.
Crap!!!!
CONDOR
The hood has STILL not been shipped, notwithstanding two weeks have
elapsed since they got the money. That really is lame. I’ve
gotten an email from as assistant who says she will help to expedite
it.
FC
I haven’t had time nor manpower to hoist the blower back on
the motor. I have to fill it with oil and bolt the snout back on it
as well. It’s not looking so good for the season opener at this
point. More crap!!!
4/10/04
Got the keys and pink from Nicole on the 41 GMC, thanks to the help
of Hillorie Rudolph, my typist friend who knows her. Now we have to
find a place for the truck!
DUALLY
Lance from Vortech is now about a half hour late for his Sat 8 AM
appointment to view the project. I have all possible digits and members
crossed that he will show. Roy was here yesterday and we were talking
about what it might take for the intercooler to be mounted, relocating
the radiator forward, etc. Probably the easiest thing to do at this
point is use the Vortech water/air cooler for the turbo, leaving everything
just as-is. As noted previously, it appears that the AC compressor
and power steering pump will have to be replaced. It also appears
the Duramax has TWO alternators, to keep the required twin 12-volt
batteries up. That’s what Lance is supposed to be here to tell
us.
CONDOR
Went by last night (Friday) to view the bodywork, and the shop was
bolted up tight, which is unusual for Nick, as he is a night owl.
REGAL
Dinged the right rear quarter on the electric gate. Very small defect
after polishing it out.
4/26/04
FC
Went to the CIFCA season opener at Famoso. Nice to see all the boys.
I had the feeling for a bit like I had never done this stuff, and
had that virgin awe of what they were doing, a sense of overwhelm,
and a sense of relief NOT to be thrashing on the car in the heat.
Next on the to-do list is of course getting the blower and injection
back on, and lighting it up.
Also, I need to take the Cool Suit out to the manufacturer and have
it tested, as it is useless to me at this point.
4/27/04
DUALLY
Jorge helped me get the motor back in, and I FINALLY took off the
fuel filter which has been damaging the evaporator box. I’m
SO stupid sometimes! I also had Jorge put back on the master cylinder,
which then had to come off to get the motor in. We’re learning
the nuances of this install as we go. Jorge also drilled the rear
crossmember/trans mount and has 4 bolts going into the lower frame
section.
We are having the predicted interference problem between the front
portion of the cast aluminum pan and the steering arm. It first appeared
it is far less than originally thought, but enough to matter. We’re
going to shim up the front mounts and see if we make it. If not, it’s
Joe Ziola time (welding) on the steering arm. It turns out the arm
is WAY interfering with the pan.
Randy and I had the core support (radiator surround, etc.) in, and
Jorge took that out today to make it possible to get the motor in.
It appears we can not mount a standard intercooler, and will be relying
on a Vortech system, which still needs a radiator of some sort mounted
somewhere.
BLUE TBIRD SC
Roy Ransom has completed the rod bearing repair (turned the crank,
new bearings), and we are awaiting only a new or good used harmonic
balancer. It appears these are VERY rare at this point.
PLATINUM SC
I purchased this car from Trenton, NJ, and it, too, has engine (bearing)
problems. It will likely be the identical scenario again for Roy.
I saw another white one for a mere $500, driveable, in NY, and just
had to say no.
REGAL
I cut the front wheel an inch too soon and pulled the entire front
awning down this afternoon. Saul and I repaired the awning by replacing
4 poles, and re-tieing it. Only we know it went down, at least by
appearances. But I have several bent poles to replace. Damage to the
car was minimal, although not zero.
CONDOR
Went over to Nick’s tonight and collected the ENTIRE interior
in the work truck. Nick has removed the rear quarter windows, will
take out the door glass shortly, and is going ALL THE WAY on the car.
The hood, despite all promises to date, has not yet been shipped.
I was assured by the manufacturer (not just the seller), that it was
on the table drying and would be shipped tomorrow afternoon for CERTAIN.
What is certain is that the next time I order anything, I will get
MUCH more info on who is making it, and when it will be sent. I will
be taking the interior pieces to Jose Miranda for likely a complete
redo, and will have to give some thought to changing the scheme of
the upholstery. I DEFINITELY do not want leather (WAY too hot in the
Valley for that). So I need to look around a bit to get some ideas
of what I do want. As the car is no longer anything like stock, and
the finish will be show car, there’s no need to hold to a stock
interior scheme.
5/6/04
CONDOR
Randy had suggested going to a slightly darker color, and after hassling
for a few days trying to locate some decent material. I just told
Miranda to redo the whole thing as stock. I may drop over there today
and if he has not started on it, may change my mind again on the panel
sizes on the seats.
BLUE SC
The balancer was a mere $150!! I can get them rebuilt (I now have
discovered) for about $93. So I have a core for next time. Roy found
a cam sensor not adjusted correctly, and is awaiting getting a tool
from Ford (on loan) to adjust that. There car will then be ready to
give, sell, etc.
TONY’S REGAL
WHAT??? Yup. I bought another Regal from a friend. It is identical
in color, runs about 16# boost (and scoots along), and is not quite
as fast as mine. I am replacing the interior, windshield, AC, and
curing some small oil leaks (power steering pump replaced), etc. It
will be offered for $7K to some lucky person.
GREMLIN
WHAT??? Yup. The fellow whom I traded for the Grand National, Bill
Hassinger, apparently had a major snafu in that PA DMV lost his Gremlin
registration/title. I need to send him some paperwork again. He has
apparently done some repainting (sure didn’t need it), and is
polishing up a lot of stuff, changed the front suspension, and some
other stuff. I asked him to send me some pix.
PLATINUM SC
The shipping company just lost me for about a week, despite my numerous
calls, emails, etc. They claim to be on track, and will call me later
today with a pickup date, etc.
FC
Oh yeah, that thing. It’s been too damn hot here to even work
on it. And the garage has been loaded with other stuff to do. I am
pressing forward on the house and garage, renovating the guest house
(WHEW, was it nasty!) for Anthony to move in, and just getting house
stuff done in general, so the car must wait. Perhaps next week.
5/14/04
FC
Nada for now. Still too hot, too crowded, too much going on in and
around the garage.
CONDOR
The hood is being slowly massaged into compliance. Nick claims he’ll
have the top painted with the Dodge Viper Red color sample by next
weekend for my viewing, If good, he’ll shoot the rest of the
car with it.
REGAL
On hot days, like today, it suffers heat soak with the AC on. On closer
inspection, the fan is woeful. It is NOT tight to the radiator core,
and covers only about 60% of the core. I have replaced it with a 4-core
copper unit (only twice the price of pulling the 3-row out and reinstalling
it), and ordered a Flex-O-Lite 295 monster twin fan pack. This 28
x 18 setup is slightly too big for the 26 x 17 radiator core size,
but David at Flex-O-Lite suggested trimming the shroud around the
tanks to make it work. It sucks a WHOPPING 4500 CFM versus the 2500
CFM of the smaller (but will fit) 210 model. For now, I’ll just
forego the AC when it gets to 210 on the gauge. It usually cools right
back to 180 without the AC. But hey, this is SoCal, and AC is IN!
If for some reason I can not make the fans work on the Regal, I’ll
use them on the Condor or the Dually. I just checked the radiator
core size on the Dually and it is 28 x 20, so that’s a perfect
fit. So one way or the other, or the other, it will get used.
TONY’S REGAL
Jose says he’ll be done with the interior tomorrow.
BLUE SC
Roy Ransom repaired the motor, but his neighbor’s awning blew
over his fence and directly onto the center of the hood! Roy is having
a friend repaint the hood today. If it’s a seamless repair,
good, If not, I’ll have Nick or Joe do it and send the bill
to the neighbor. Meanwhile, I have a fellow coming to see the car
on Sunday.
PLATINUM SC
Clark Transport finally confirmed they would be picking it up today
or tomorrow. I have the driver’s cell phone. This is a good
thing. They anticipate about 2 weeks to get it here. I think I really
should not have bought these last three cars. I don’t see any
huge downside, but the cash flow drain is hurtful, about $9K worth.
So hopefully (I should do a word count on that word from day one,
it must be in the thousands), I’ll get back more than that and
they will all be gone very soon.
DUALLY
No material progress, although Randy and I brainstormed a little today
on the steering, and I got some FAXed materials from Scott at FH Dailey
on the front end geometry of the newer trucks. Bottom line at this
point: still gotta remake the center steering link to miss the pan,
OR raise the engine about 5”. I’m going to do that as
a test, but I’m nearly certain at this point that the hood will
not close. Modifying the hood might be the cheaper way out. Roy claims
he will be coming out more steadily to push the Duramax along this
coming week. We just need time, manpower, and incentive. Oh, and a
fat wallet.
GREMLIN
I’ve been playing email tag with Hassinger. I’m just waiting
for him to call me to OK sending his FAX (which would not go through).
He also owes me about $30 for the notary, etc.
THE HOUSE
Well, as all the above are in process, I thought I’d mention
the house. After 15 years, I’m nearly done! I got a notice from
my very friendly inspector about renewing my lapsed permit, making
a few very minor corrections, and calling for final inspection. Meanwhile,
I’ve taken delivery of about 400’ of foam mouldings for
the outside, and done some experiments on putting a finish on these
mouldings. Once installed, we’ll roll the marble veneer (3x6
Travertine veneer pieces), and transform this abode into the Italian
Villa I’ve had in my mental picture for so long.
5/15/04
TONY’S REGAL
The upholstery is done, and looks good. I will likely not do any paint
work as it will put the car over the edge price-wise.
REGAL
Got the Regal this morning from Sam at Allstate Radiator. Went up
to see mil-spec Rob today regarding his garage cabinets, taking Richard
Baida along to deliver him to his new boat at the Oxnard Marina and
assist with some stuff. The Regal started smoking heavily about a
half mile from Rob’s.
Turns out Sam had installed it with the normal 90-degree fitting ususally
found there, and it was just a matter of a short time to cut a hose
of the trans cooler line (remember the Gremlin fire?), and we were
VERY lucky not to have a conflagration, particularly since the turbo
is RIGHT there. Oil EVERYWHERE throughout the compartment, nearly
a gallon of it, including up above the insulation blanket under the
hood. YUK!! The trans cooler is mounted in the right radiator tank
as normal, but this car has a secondary unit out in front, with a
rubber hose running from the radiator pipette. This pipe goes straight
out the side, and is NOT bent about 90 degrees to the rear as on the
normal regal. There is a bracket just to the car’s right side
which holds the AC hoses, and the rubber hose was kinked in there,
and being cut by the end of the pipette. Normally, the right way to
do a rubber to pipe connection is to flare and roll the end of the
pipe, to avoid this exact scenario. AND, certainly don’t bend
the rubber tightly against a bracket at the end of the razor sharp
pipe!! Baida and I handled it in about an hour, including cleaning
up Rob’s driveway area and the street in front of his house.
I need to do a thorough gunking and rinsing, although the engine looks
great with its shiny appearance!
The car ran fine, but it is clear the newer 4-core radiator is not
the answer, and a better fan system must be. At closer inspection,
the mondo 295 fan package I ordered yesterday will not fit in between
the radiator and the intercooler box, so I’ll probably have
to go with the 2100 CFM 210 model and save the 295 unit for the Condor
or dually.
BLUE SC
Roy called and it is ready. I’ll meet up with him tomorrow (Sunday)
to retrieve it early AM, to have it here for Mark Aguliera to view
in the early afternoon.
PLATINUM SC
No word on the pickup as yet in New Jersey.
5/17/04
PLATINUM SC
Talked to the driver and he picked the car up yesterday, and expects
to be here on Friday. Good news.
BLUE SC
I picked it up, but it in now overheating. I’m praying it is
a thermostat or fan problem. I will have it repainted the original
platinum next week IF the motor is OK, otherwise I’ll just junk
the thing and part it out. The car was originally platinum, and if
I can get the mechanicals OK, I’ll repaint it the original platinum
color.
TONY’S REGAL
Just left it at the paint shop, and it shall be totally new paint,
including body work. With the new interior and bright rims, it should
look great. Now, for $8K, who wants it?
REGAL
Got it back from the radiator shop with the proper 90-degree fitting
with rolled edge as per original factory. Sam cleaned it up, but I
still need to do a more thorough douching of the hood blankets and
several areas of the suspension, frame, undercarriage, and front pans.
GRAND NATIONAL BODY DAMAGE CLAIM
Still have not gotten paid for that, despite several back and forth
emails to the adjuster. Gonna try again today. What utter horsecrap!!!!
5/22/04
THE HOUSE
Hey, I gotta work on my own house sometime! Spent All day doing faux
finishing on the foam mouldings (about 55 LF of them). Got about 2/3
done. Got more materials, and will continue tomorrow afternoon. Not
racing, but will look racy. Actually not racy at all, more VERY old
style Italian villa style, with all marble veneer and marble-appearing
heavy mouldings on all corners, openings, crown, etc.
FC
Meanwhile, the FC sits.
GRAND NATIONAL BODY DAMAGE CLAIM
Nada. Maybe Monday.
TONY’S REGAL
The body filler panels have not arrived at the paint shop, but the
bill did.
CONDOR
Nick is debating on how far to push it on the hood, which now requires
him to make some rear stiffener panels to make it “right.”
He came by the house today to look at the bumper on the blue SC, which
is good, but has the lousy repaint on top of the factory color (silver).
He will look at the true Silver SC at Roy’s on Tuesday, and
we’ll decide which one to pirate.
BLUE SC
Roy has not made it over to check out why it now does not start. It
cranks fine, just doesn’t light. The fan and relay work fine.
SILVER SC
Roy and I decided to do the whole engine, notwithstanding it has only
99K miles on it. This should be quite a nice car when done.
DUALLY
Roy did come by the other day as noted above, and the engine now sitting
2.5 inches higher JUST clears the hood. I don’t know if it will
clear with the AC compressor and alternator on. More fun.
5/26/04
BLUE SC
Ain‘t gonna be blue much longer. I’m repainting it silver,
per original, although as a single stage paint (no clear coat).
SILVER SC
Roy has it quite apart.
CONDOR
Waiting for the bumper cover to be removed from the silver SC to be
used on the Condor. Steve at Hamrick’s said he rolled the car
back in last night and was going to shoot the Viper Red paint on the
top area. Nick reports it ahs been done, and that I should come by
on the weekend to view it after it has been buffed. He said it’s
a little more red than the original, which is what I figured. “Looks
real nice…” said Nick.
DUALLY
Roy first reported he had located a supplier for a one-inch dropped
Pitman arm and center link. That would not do us much good on the
pan interference problem. He now reports it is a 3” drop, WAY
better. I’ve asked him to secure it, and we’ll make it
work. Still waiting on the part.
TONY’S REGAL
Went by the paint shop again today, did a few red-line markings around
some defects, and they guys took it upon themselves to touch up about
two dozen other very minor little spots. It is being primered right
now, and should be done tomorrow. I left the Blue SC there today as
well.
FC
Other than airing up the rear tires, not a darn thing done on it.
HOUSE
Got some mouldings up-WAY NICE!!! It is quite a process: once the
raw pieces are in hand, they have to be primered with the right color
base coat, then faux finished, then clear-coated on all sides twice,
THEN the stucco has to be clear-coated, and finally the contact adhesive
placed on both surfaces, let dry for 15-30 minutes, and BINGO!, welded
in place once they touch each other. Gotta be RIGHT on the first time.
Jaye had a good idea on how to set the crown mouldings (OVER the veneer),
so we’ll go that way. One mighty batch of sawcutting marble
eliminated with that one.
GARAGE MAHAL
The entrance (the 18’ wide by 10’ high rollup door opening)
is being transformed into quite a beautiful portal with these mouldings.
Quite impressive really. Pix will follow in a few weeks when it is
all up and veneered.
RACING?
Yeah, I’d really like that. But as all the foregoing 8 years
of words, words, word has demonstrated, there has been a LOT to do
to get there. I’m pretty much there (except for the dually),
and Randy’s mighty Ford can handle the tow part. Whether he
can handle any of it remains to be seen, as his body is pretty beat
up at this point from 30+ years of fire service. Mine is pretty beat
up as well, although I CAN drive and wrench on the car. If Roy can
get over here, we might just get the blower back on the FC motor,
and light the sucker up and see if we have cured our lean-out mystery
ailment. In the meantime, I am getting older (60 come June 9th), so
I’m shooting to have the FC running in the driveway on Saturday
night June 19th, just as I did on my 50th birthday when Jim Maher
lit his up in the driveway (three times in fact). Jim was VERY indulgent
of my getting in the seat and firing his car up. Ole Dave McDannel
brought his CHP car back then, but wouldn’t DARE light it up.
A LOT has passed by in the last ten years (mostly a lot of missed
races)!!!!
6/1/04
TONY’S REGAL
A friend of Baida’s son came by last night and just flipped
over the Regal. He promised to come back today and talk seriously
about it. I have held off placing a run-til-it-sells ad in the Recycler,
based on this guy’s assurance of his intense interest. We’ll
see about that.
REGAL
It is making a funny rattling sound on acceleration. I think some
trim panel is loose somewhere. Otherwise, sterling as usual.
7/12/04
TONY REGAL
Gone. I had another Awgul Anthony, this time it was Trepidatious Troy,
who called, visited, called, visited, called, visited, and finally
showed up with a few hundred deposit a few hours before Alex was scheduled
to arrive with the cash. The car went to Alex that night.
FC
FINALLY got some work done!! A kid named Chris came to clean my carpets.
He and Brian, his buddy, were fawning over the cars. Chris returned
the next day, Sunday, and put about 5 hours of focused work into helping
me get it together. A quick and steady study. We found the left bank
had for some reason all the rocker adjusting nuts reversed exhaust
to intake, not allowing the valve cover to seat, I have NO idea how
that happened. I got the blower on Saturday with Brian’s strong
arms and back, put the injector offset spacer on backwards, corrected
that, and found the blower pulley would not seat on. Turns out I used
washers on the blower snout bolts, preventing them from recessing
into the front of the snout (to clear the pulley). We changed the
oil, all 12 quarts, changed the filter, installed the headers, and
basically have it ready to light. I fabricated 4 stands for the lanyards
on the blower restraint pins, and these are held by the outside header
bolts at the four corners, if you will. The batteries are not taking
a charge (new Optimas). The front pulley has been re-marked and all
other spurious indicators removed. The mag was supposedly timed, but
now shows about 40 degrees too much advance by my view of where the
rotor is relative to the #1 cylinder (it’s past it, and that
just does NOT make sense. It should be approaching it or dead on at
35 degrees BTDC). I’m gonna do it by eye and check it with the
buzz box when I get the batteries to come up. If I can get it to run
I’ll put the timing light on it.
I found the left front steering connection at the spindle loose, and
noticed a bolt (one of four) missing, and the others loose. Gotta
find a 1/4 x 28 x 1/2” grade 8 bolt for that today, as well
as cutting down a 3/8 x 16 allen for a missing header bolt.
It was VERY interesting remembering as s I went along about how all
this fits together and works. Whew!
CONDOR
It has been completely painted, buffed, and ready for reassembly.
I have paid Nick in full, plus $500 for misc mouldings.
7/13/04
Randy and I looked it over again yesterday, and took the batteries
out, ran them to Brad at Valley Battery. One is NG, the other….on
charge. I asked that Brad replace BOTH of them, as they are within
the 36-month replacement warranty period. He noted they no longer
do that (18 months only), but they WILL honor the warranty. Interstate
is bringing two new batteries. Interstate was whining about the dates.
I am currently looking for the actual purchase receipt from 26 months
ago.
7/17/04
FC
Called several times in several days, and the batteries arrived yesterday
about 1 PM. Brad, the owner, was not in, and Mario, the barely-English-speaking
assistant was insisting that I bring $150. I reminded him they were
FREE replacements. He said wait until Brad showed up. At 5 PM I called
again and Brad was still not in, so I said I was coming right over
to pick them up, to which he replied “OK.” I got there
and the place was bolted up tight.
Beyond maddening.
Of course they are not open on Saturday, so I am screwed as to making
any start-up progress. Perhaps I can have Chris help with a lot of
polishing, etc. Another potential crew member is the VERY lovely Jennifer
Ryan, an assistant in the orthopedic office where I was getting my
knee injections. She is an indefatigable cheery sort, who likes racing,
and is killer pretty. I told her she could be the new Jungle Pam.
CONDOR
It is slowly getting there. The body is mostly reassembled, and Nick
is ordering some rubber trim pieces, weatherstripping, etc. FINALLY.
The interior is still done and waiting at Miranda’s. Nick pulled
the speakers out of the doors to let Rob do his thing later.
SUPER COUPE 2
I still own three SC’s. The Condor is a keeper, the SC2 and
SC3 are for sale. SC1 was the white one I took in trade for the blue
Nova, and which sold immediately. SC2 wwas bluek, now silver, has
new main and rod bearing, and apparently plugged a fuel filter the
other day. That would be the easy part if true. In towing it back,
I mistakenly hooked the strap to the power steering cooler, and promptly
yanked it out of the car. So I can’t start it until I fix that
open oil circuit.
The car looks just great now, and the upholstery has been all tuned
up as well.
SC3
This is the one from NJ, and it was in far worse engine shape than
we had believed. Roy has it all back together, and we are moments
from starting it.
Nick has to repaint my old Condor bumper, which I exchanged with it,
to the proper silver to match. This should be a real nice car, with
the 5-speed, all fresh motor, tuned up trans, and new clutch. The
body is really good.
7/20/04
FC
Got the batteries in, straightened out the wiring so that all charging
plugs to the batteries (3 of them) all read the proper 12 volts, bolted
the 2 Optima batteries down, and fired it up. It does NOT hesitate
off idle, sounds a little blubbery (rich), but is crisp and responsive.
The Accusump is charged back up with its 3 quarts of oil reserve,
there appear to be no leaks around it or the new Fram HP 6 mondo-sized
filter. There was a very small amount of trans fluid on the trans
pan and on the bottom of the converter, perhaps out of a front seal
or something in the trans, when we wiped it off while changing the
oil. We’ll keep an eye on that.
So it appears we’re ready to go to Palmdale or Famoso and try
it out. I REALLY need to go out to Lancaster and have the Cool Suit
tested. I also need to check the chassis certification and the belts
for current dates
Stay tuned.
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