Sunday, February 15, 2009
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Assembled the manifolds
Yesterday my gasketset arrived, so today I could finally
start assembling the manifolds. I took out the valve in the
exhaustmanifold and put a copper plate between the two
manifolds. This way it stays shut. It's simular to a
2 manifold setup.
After filling up the coolingsystem I could finally start the
motor at 5.00 pm. It ran immediatly (left it running idle for
about 20 minutes). Then I made my first testdrive; it has
never been this quiet before! So I suppose there was a
small crack when I bought the car 8 years ago and it became
bigger within the years and eventually cracked in half.
The next couple of days I'll drive the Plymouth to my work
(about 40 miles a day) after that I can check if the bolts need
to be tightened again.
start assembling the manifolds. I took out the valve in the
exhaustmanifold and put a copper plate between the two
manifolds. This way it stays shut. It's simular to a
2 manifold setup.
After filling up the coolingsystem I could finally start the
motor at 5.00 pm. It ran immediatly (left it running idle for
about 20 minutes). Then I made my first testdrive; it has
never been this quiet before! So I suppose there was a
small crack when I bought the car 8 years ago and it became
bigger within the years and eventually cracked in half.
The next couple of days I'll drive the Plymouth to my work
(about 40 miles a day) after that I can check if the bolts need
to be tightened again.
Monday, February 2, 2009
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