Changed out the break in
oil in the motor today and also installed the
oil temp probe in the
oil pan. Not sure it's working though as I didn't see any gage movement when I restarted the engine. Possibly I didn't run the motor long enough.
Replace the leaking 3/4 brake master with a 7/8 master cylinder - but that's addressed in another thread.
Noticed my fuel pump was leaking gas under there. Apparently I only thought I had tightened the nipple for the incoming fuel line so at least that was an easy fix.
I can see I have one brake fluid can leaking. I sucked the fluid down in it and will try to pull it off next week and re-seal. Two out of three holding brake fluid is decent luck I guess.
Also found a pin-hole leak in the soldered flange of my radiator expansion tank. I bought it used here on the forum knowing it might be a mistake. Guess I'll see if my local radiator shop thinks they can re-solder this small area without any difficulty. If not then ERA will be getting some more business.
Worse than the above so far, I rubbed the back of my hand against the forward primary header pipe feeding oil temp probe down there and it came back covered in black powder. I took a paper towel and rubbed the header pipe and bare metal showed up. I guess the ceramic coating has failed for some reasons. It's the only one I see doing this so far. I may be able to remove that pipe (front - left side) without having to dissassemble the whole exhaust system - probably not that lucky however.
And my charging system still refuses to charge. The angry red light continues to glow.
Couple steps forward and a couple back.