Another Mopar Off My Bucket List - Barracuda Fastback
I just got back from test driving the Roadrunner again. It ran perfect. - No 'hiccups'. But not all is well. The factory water temp and fuel gauge aren't registering now. I guess I'll have to dive back under the dash to see what I screwed up. Joy oh joy, - it was a b*tch with the seats out. It sure ain't gonna be any fun with them back in.
The computer's temperature gauge was still working and I've been pretty religious about monitoring the various readouts. It showed the temperature hovering between 195' and 198'. While that's not hot enough to worry me, it is warmer than I'd seen this engine run before. The coolant level was down slightly so I added some antifreeze to the radiator. When I made the last few test drives it was sub-freezing outside. Today it's a balmy 38'. I'll have to continue to monitor it.
I barely got back home when the UPS truck showed up. My son's itching to see work resumed on his Charger so he's been ordering parts and having them sent here. Today there was a large box from Speedway Motors. It feels like Christmas when you don't know what's inside.
New 1/2" aluminum fuel line. We had discussed the necessity of planning out our fuel and brake lines BEFORE welding on the sub-frame connectors. I guess I'll be working on the fuel lines first when the Charger comes back inside.
Yesterday a notebook showed up in the mail. It's supposed to help document everything that's being done on the project. There are fields to be filled out where you record virtually every piece of information about your car. There are even places to record every part number, vendor, paint codes, etc... I wasn't impressed when he first told me he was ordering a notebook, but after seeing this thing I wish I had one for each of our cars. It's 26 pages long and designed to be large enough to read but small enough to fit in a glove box.
This book is really cool but I hate to see what it looks like after my greasy fingers are done with it.
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I just got back from test driving the Roadrunner again. It ran perfect. - No 'hiccups'. But not all is well. The factory water temp and fuel gauge aren't registering now. I guess I'll have to dive back under the dash to see what I screwed up. Joy oh joy, - it was a b*tch with the seats out. It sure ain't gonna be any fun with them back in.
The computer's temperature gauge was still working and I've been pretty religious about monitoring the various readouts. It showed the temperature hovering between 195' and 198'. While that's not hot enough to worry me, it is warmer than I'd seen this engine run before. The coolant level was down slightly so I added some antifreeze to the radiator. When I made the last few test drives it was sub-freezing outside. Today it's a balmy 38'. I'll have to continue to monitor it.
I barely got back home when the UPS truck showed up. My son's itching to see work resumed on his Charger so he's been ordering parts and having them sent here. Today there was a large box from Speedway Motors. It feels like Christmas when you don't know what's inside.
New 1/2" aluminum fuel line. We had discussed the necessity of planning out our fuel and brake lines BEFORE welding on the sub-frame connectors. I guess I'll be working on the fuel lines first when the Charger comes back inside.
Yesterday a notebook showed up in the mail. It's supposed to help document everything that's being done on the project. There are fields to be filled out where you record virtually every piece of information about your car. There are even places to record every part number, vendor, paint codes, etc... I wasn't impressed when he first told me he was ordering a notebook, but after seeing this thing I wish I had one for each of our cars. It's 26 pages long and designed to be large enough to read but small enough to fit in a glove box.
This book is really cool but I hate to see what it looks like after my greasy fingers are done with it.
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