Cory,
Thanks, I just retired my 30 year old copy for a new updated version. Didn't have a spare belt, but did have the Idiots Guide
This past weekend I finally reinstalled my oil cooler and did it right... original install had the outlets on the bottom and the oil in it bled back upstream. Had to flip it and fab a different mount.
This week I drove her almost 800 miles round trip to San Antonio for a couple of business meetings. 75mph all the way, then stop and crawl traffic in town at 85 degrees... oil cooler worked like a champ.
This weekend I'm buffing! Parked under the wrong tree in SA and got sap drops from end to end. Cleaned as soon as I got home, but it took some wax off as well.
This week I drove her almost 800 miles round trip to San Antonio for a couple of business meetings. 75mph all the way, then stop and crawl traffic in town at 85 degrees... oil cooler worked like a champ.
This weekend I'm buffing! Parked under the wrong tree in SA and got sap drops from end to end. Cleaned as soon as I got home, but it took some wax off as well.
Cool, Chuck! Driving the Speedster makes for a good business trip!
Update:
The Baron was indeed out and about a few weeks ago, just buzzing up the neighborhood -- on a road I call the Highland GP. a very cool twisty right behind my house. Can't do it too often, as the locals there would surely call the cops. My son was over helping in the yard, and we went out at sunset for "a spin". I drove out and he drove it back. Funny thing, as the weather was rather cool, he complained about the temp on the way out, and I never heard a word from him on the way back. When we were getting back, I asked if he was still cold -- he just SEGed. You all know how it goes, don't you . . .
And furthermore, above I mentioned some oil drops from my real car ('03 MAzda 6, V6) and thought MAYBE it was the oil filter. Well, no such luck. I have yet to get full assessment, but the evidence is pretty clear that the front main seal is leaking. Not very much, in fact very little, but it hits the exhaust and so stinks once it gets warmed up. Anybody have the first idea about how big a PITA this might be to fix??
The Baron was indeed out and about a few weeks ago, just buzzing up the neighborhood -- on a road I call the Highland GP. a very cool twisty right behind my house. Can't do it too often, as the locals there would surely call the cops. My son was over helping in the yard, and we went out at sunset for "a spin". I drove out and he drove it back. Funny thing, as the weather was rather cool, he complained about the temp on the way out, and I never heard a word from him on the way back. When we were getting back, I asked if he was still cold -- he just SEGed. You all know how it goes, don't you . . .
And furthermore, above I mentioned some oil drops from my real car ('03 MAzda 6, V6) and thought MAYBE it was the oil filter. Well, no such luck. I have yet to get full assessment, but the evidence is pretty clear that the front main seal is leaking. Not very much, in fact very little, but it hits the exhaust and so stinks once it gets warmed up. Anybody have the first idea about how big a PITA this might be to fix??
If I recall, there is a timing cover on that motor that was prone to leak, a hell of a lot easier to fix that a front main seal. Take it over to a coin car wash and blast the motor clean, run it hard for a mile and see where the highest point the oil shows up on the motor. ~Alan
Alan,
Can do, and txs for the tip. will keep posted.
Can do, and txs for the tip. will keep posted.