I picked her up from the garage and took her for a quick spin to check that all is well, and she goes great! What a feeling that I have missed for so long! A beautiful hot day, the wind in my hair, top down, BIG grin on my face, hum of the engine, fantastic!
Apparently the cooling system was very clogged up with rusty gunk, but has now been cleaned out completely and the radiator has been reverse flushed(whatever that means?). The engine got up to temperature quickly and sat bang in the middle of the guage, right where it should be. But, and there's always a but! My speedo has decided to stop working! I guess I'll have to have a fiddle behind the guage to get it to work again, does seem odd though that it has decided not to work just after a long lay off. When I got back I open the bonnet and there was water sprayed about the engine. At first I thought it was the water pump housing gasket, but on closer inspection I noticed that I had neglected to do up the jubilee clip on the top hose, doh! I then ran a compression check on the engine, here are the results: 1. 120 2. 125 3. 145 4. 145 I noticed that if I didn't hold down the throttle the results were about 20psi lower. What do you lot make of them? cheers John HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs http://www.hotjobs.com /// [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list /// Send admin requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archives at http://www.team.net/archive /// Send list postings to [EMAIL PROTECTED] /// Edit your replies! If they include this trailer, they will NOT be sent.
