[T2] A good day...

[Tom Tarka]

She did!

But I cheated a little and got it running in the garage with a spare 
bellhousing before I installed it. :-)

Ran it in for 10 minutes, drained the oil, took it out for some big 
hills, drained the oil, then spent some time putting some other stuff 
back together (bumper, etc.) before adjusting the timing and valves.

Next up is a highway run now that I've got the oil temp and pressure 
gauges hooked up, to see how she does.

It's unfortunately a non-doghouse (I have all the doghouse hardware, but 
was more interested in a running bus then worrying about that for now), 
so I'm curious to see how hot she runs under load at highway speeds and 
whatnot.

In the meantime, it's time to put some finishing touches on the interior 
and make sure everything's good for inspection this week (i.e. gotta fix 
that horn).

Hope everyone's having a great Sunday!

On 4/17/14, 9:28 AM, accessys at smart.net wrote:
> progress even little steps are very rewarding
>
> here's wishing she fires right up and runs like a well oiled watch
>
> Bob
>
> On Tue, 15 Apr 2014, Tom Tarka wrote:
>
>> Took the "finally built after sitting in various garages for years" 
>> engine down to my lower garage last night before the cold front came 
>> in.  She's ready for installation...and I can't wait to be driving my 
>> bus again.