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I took some GoPro footage to share with family, and that shot is a screen grab from it. The car is so relaxing to drive. But I think I'm a bit tall for it because I have to lean down to see traffic lights through the low windshield.
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It's looking great! On the lights, be sure that all the housings are getting their ground and on the temperature, it seems a bit warm to me. As I recall, mine were always around the E on the gauge. As long as it's holding the coolant and not spewing it out, it should be fine although keep an eye on it on a hot day.
That brings up a good question on the coolant. What is the level supposed to be in the radiator? Mine is sitting about 1" down from the top. I filled it up, but all the coolant I added spewed out the overflow pipe the first time I drove it.
Also, what temp thermostat should I be running in the car? I have no idea what's in it now. I believe original is 180 degree thermostat, but are most guys running 160? I'm going to do some work to the cooling system before our local cruise-in Saturday evening.
I'm pretty sure the timing and other tuning isn't helping. More on that later.
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This probably too obvious, but if the front AND rear blinkers don't work on the driver's side, the common wire on the flasher unit may be loose or need to be reconnected. As Don advises, be sure both ends, front and rear, are well grounded. If just the rear or the front is working, it could be the other end needs a new bulb or the socket needs a good cleaning to make contact with the bulb.
I would just add the pipe extension.
Yesterday I watched a Chasing Classic Cars. Wayne brought a '54 Studebaker Commander Starliner to Pebble Beach as an all original car preservation class car. Before the show they gave it some prep and when they ran the engine it smoked. It had been sitting for years. It only had a few thousand miles on it. They drove it, the smoke got worse, then subsided completely. They concluded it was carbon that needed to burn out.
The driver's side blinker flashes very quickly and randomly on the rear, the front isn't working. I'm going to have to do more work to both front and back to get it right.
That's good to know that carbon can smoke. When I got back from my test drive yesterday it was smoking a lot. More than it has before. I had been driving aggressively (up to 50, hard braking, back to 50, hard braking), so maybe it's burning it off? The smoke didn't smell like oil or fuel....just "old car" smell if that makes sense.
-Kevin
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