Well the sun came out this weekend and I decided to button up the car and go visit Chill. Little did I know the day would turn to $hit less than a mile from the house.
Cranked the car - let it get to temp and eased out of the driveway. Everything was nornal and the sun was shinning on my face. What a glorious day and the motor is strong.
Head south down 140 - turn left onto Green road - feed it a little throttle and enjoy the rush. Get to Crabapple Rd. and make a left - drive about a half mile and encounter traffic - no big deal I'll enjoy the lumpy idle and sunshine. Poof without a hicuup the motor dies. I roll into the parking lot and try a quick jump start - it fires and dies. $hit ! Give Chill a call and ask him to call a wrecker. Chill calls me back and said the wrecker is on the way and should arrive in 15 minutes. Thirty minutes later my cell rings - it is the dispatcher - the driver is lost. I give new directions - walk back to the car and give it another try - poof it starts and runs. I decide to wait for the wrecker and not take a chance being stranded in another location while the wrecker driver traverses North Fulton.
I also notice green fluid dripping into the passenger side footbox. This is not a good sign from where I sit. The wrecker shows up and we load the car. The driver is a nice guy and asked a ton of questions - then tells me the car looks like a catfish in the front. $hit - a freakin catfish? Must have been the green fluid that provoked the remark.
I get the car home and drive it off the trailer - it is running great. I pull into the garage and decide to locate the source of the green stuff. Looks like the heater I just installed is leaking. No big deal - take a few hose clamps loose - move a few hoses and I'm back in business. Wrong !
The car fires up and settles into a nice idle - but I'm a bit leary and decide to sit in the driveway and let it run. Good idea - it dies after getting back up to temp.
I think the Holley is the problem but I'm not sure what is wrong. I removed the heater and took it apart. Lo and behold the nit-whit that assmbled it ran a screw into the core. I noticed a sticker on the bottom - it read "Made in Mexico".
Cracker has offered to drop a carb off so I can see if that is the problem.
Bottom line - the Atlanta bunch is GREAT. Without Chill I would still be sitting and without Cracker I would have to trouble shoot without a gun. Thanks guys! Hope it rains until I get the car sorted
Randy
Sunshine & $hit
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