Re: HA's 52 200 Grey Ghost
Posted by Hans Ahlness On 2015/9/7 21:39:38
Today was a fun day. I put about 40 miles on the car today, it is running great. Nothing leaking, temp went to about 2/3 scale and stayed there, no overflow from the radiator. The speedo quit bouncing around quite so much, and it seems within a couple mph of our gps speed on a phone. Drove across town and gave my wife a ride at our house.
I enlisted one of my pilots to help me finish the front seatbelt installation, since I couldn't tighten the middle two bolts by myself. We also aligned the front wheels, adjusting the caster, camber, and toe. I had to pop the steering wheel off and reset it after we got things set, the car drives nice and straight. The seat belts fit well, and seem to work OK - didn't test them to the ultimate though.
After a few miles the noisy lifter quieted down too, which made me pretty happy. I had added a quart of ATF to the oil in hopes that it would clean out, and that seems to have worked. So now I'll change the oil and skip the solvent this go-round.
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I enlisted one of my pilots to help me finish the front seatbelt installation, since I couldn't tighten the middle two bolts by myself. We also aligned the front wheels, adjusting the caster, camber, and toe. I had to pop the steering wheel off and reset it after we got things set, the car drives nice and straight. The seat belts fit well, and seem to work OK - didn't test them to the ultimate though.
After a few miles the noisy lifter quieted down too, which made me pretty happy. I had added a quart of ATF to the oil in hopes that it would clean out, and that seems to have worked. So now I'll change the oil and skip the solvent this go-round.
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