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More Driving To Check For Leaks & Oil Change
Created on 2007-05-12 20:21:33
Well today I put the rest of the centre console back in place and got some stickers off with some GooBeGone which works really well.
I then got around to actually driving the car some more to check for oil leaks. I stuck to the road outside my subdivision again and did several loops up and down the road and the oil did not appear on the exhaust so I think/hope all is well. Since I had the car nice and warm I decided I would go ahead and change the oil and get a real filter on to replace the FRAM I used when first firing up the car. That was never a long term solution but I didn’t want to waste a Purolator PureOne filter right off the bat. I realized that with all my work, but minimal distance driven, it had still been 9 months since I put fresh oil in when I got the car.
It looks like this was a good idea because the oil came out pretty black. I also got one of my Purolator PureOne filters installed and then filled the block with nice clean Castrol 20W50 again. Good to see some clear honey colored oil going back into the block. The new filter certainly brings up pressure quicker than the FRAM did which is good and the oil pressure seems to be about 5 to 10lbs higher with this filter installed.
Still fires up nicely and hopefully I can do a few more loops tomorrow to make sure all continues to be well. I enjoyed my loops today and the car seems to pull well and run very nicely. I’m just going to have get brave and take it and my AAA card for a ride soon and see how it holds up on a longer drive. That’ll let me know it’s safe to drive to the shop some Monday and get the soft top installed.
I then got around to actually driving the car some more to check for oil leaks. I stuck to the road outside my subdivision again and did several loops up and down the road and the oil did not appear on the exhaust so I think/hope all is well. Since I had the car nice and warm I decided I would go ahead and change the oil and get a real filter on to replace the FRAM I used when first firing up the car. That was never a long term solution but I didn’t want to waste a Purolator PureOne filter right off the bat. I realized that with all my work, but minimal distance driven, it had still been 9 months since I put fresh oil in when I got the car.
It looks like this was a good idea because the oil came out pretty black. I also got one of my Purolator PureOne filters installed and then filled the block with nice clean Castrol 20W50 again. Good to see some clear honey colored oil going back into the block. The new filter certainly brings up pressure quicker than the FRAM did which is good and the oil pressure seems to be about 5 to 10lbs higher with this filter installed.
Still fires up nicely and hopefully I can do a few more loops tomorrow to make sure all continues to be well. I enjoyed my loops today and the car seems to pull well and run very nicely. I’m just going to have get brave and take it and my AAA card for a ride soon and see how it holds up on a longer drive. That’ll let me know it’s safe to drive to the shop some Monday and get the soft top installed.
Summary of Previous Journal Entries
Showing previous 10 journal entries:
| Title | Date | #Pic | #Cmt | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centre Console – Wiring And Installation | 2007-05-12 | 1 | Well I’ve finally got back into trying to get some things going and tonight I dealt with the centre console and getting the wiring done. It’s been hanging out there for some ti... | |
| Finishing Up The Side Cover – Did The Leaks Stop Test Drive | 2007-05-03 | Well after taking my gaskets for Monday night discussion John thought that the rubber gasket seal was probably OK and that maybe the oil was getting past the bolt. Not sure as ther... | ||
| Getting To The Engine Side Cover | 2007-04-22 | 1 | Today I got ready to address the side cover gasket and hope that this will fix the oil leak. I didn’t get as far as I hoped. Removing the carbs and manifolds wasn... | |
| Getting To The Engine Side Cover | 2007-04-22 | 1 | Today I got ready to address the side cover gasket and hope that this will fix the oil leak. I didn’t get as far as I hoped. Removing the carbs and manifolds wasn... | |
| Transmission Mount Replacement | 2007-04-21 | 1 | So today I got down to changing the transmission mounts – from the nightmare I had with my 77 and overdrive install I wasn’t looking forward to this. I ended up ... | |
| In Search Of Oil | 2007-04-21 | 1 | So I forgot to mention somewhere that I also did a front suspension greasing exercise and found that I had 2 grease fittings missing on the passenger side. I took care of this at S... | |
| Fixing Oil Leaks & Finding New Ones | 2007-03-28 | 1 | Well what I didn’t cover last time was that I seem to have developed an oil leak. As such I figured I’d deal with that before trying to test the carbs out some more. | |
| Back To Work – Fixing Puking Carbs, Again & Near 1st Breakdown | 2007-03-11 | Well it’s been pretty cold until recently and last weekend we were in Chicago for the swap meet so not much activity for a while. Having spent some time on the 77 yesterday in pr... | ||
| First Legal Drive – Filling Up To The “Top Gear” Theme | 2007-02-21 | 1 | Well it was time to make that first legal leap onto the roads and I was finally able to drive the car down to get some petrol – just 2 miles down the road. The car seemed to run ... | |
| Brake Light Fixes By Adjusting Brake Pedal Spacers & Positioning | 2007-02-19 | Well although I had got through the state safety inspection I knew that the position of the brake pedal was not right on the bolt through the pedal box. There was some left to righ... |
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