Second Roadtrip!

At last Wed’s work session, we discovered the battery was the source for all our ailments. The original used battery we were using had run it’s life and was replaced by the one from the BMW a few weeks back. Well, the BMW battery is just over 5yrs old and, apparently, has run its life too. We were able to get the car started with a jump and hooned it gently around the neighborhood. At this point it’s cage, cage, cage and remaining stuff. The cage is the biggie, but we have a timing cover oil leak that needs to be addressed. We’re going to handle that by starting the spare engine and seeing if it’s solid. If so, put it in the Celi and pull the other to rebuild. Or rebuild the spare, then swap and rebuild the original.

 Tonight, I took the car out to return Ken's tow dolly. Yes, it has a hitch on it. I had to replace the 1.5" ball with a 2" ball I had sitting around. It pulled the trailer just fine. I blew the instrument light fuse less than 5 minutes after starting out. I did have my gps running, so I had a speedometer.

The temperature did great on the JY aluminum radiator with no fans. It did creep up at one extended stop. The oil pressure gauge ran on the High side when driving, but it was smack dab in the middle at idle. I found out that if you try to add oil when the car is running, it will blow out all over the engine. So, I added some patina to the engine tonight. 

The steering is still wobbly. Yeah, not scary at all, just wobbly. Brakes are good. Overall, it was an acceptable drive.