Weird breakdown

Was about to take the val out for a quick spin to pickup some computer parts but while in the driveway idling it stopped running. Tried to restart but it wouldnt, it wouldnt even give a squirt of LPG to prime. Spent ages looking for wiring faults, bad earths and eventually decided enough had been ruled out as the cause so replaced one of the LPG solenoids (on the carb that wouldnt even prime when the button on top was pressed) and it started and ran fine!! Thanks to Paul for helping out… ‘many hands make some things possible that otherwise were impossible’…

Minor hiccup… but thankfully easily fixed…for now

Did a few kms in the car this week. Should have looked under the bonnet more as a small oil leak from somewhere yet to be determined made a mess under there.

After a couple full throttle runs near home we heard a small ‘tinkle’ sound followed by a noisy rocker sound. After previously throwing out valve caps before it was likely this had happened again. I decided to take a look myself so pulled off the passenger side rocker cover first (as its much easier to remove than the driver’s side) and one valve cap had indeed come out and was still safely nearby in the valve train area.

Some quick phone advice thanks to Jake and I felt confident enough to complete the repair myself. Everything went smoothly. Discovered another advantage of a mechanical fan; you can rotate the motor with no extra tools required. This allowed me to confirm that everything was back the way it should be so we went for a test run and all was good!

Also replaced the lpg safety switch to see if that stops an annoying intermittent buzzing/clicking from under the dash, only time will tell for sure.

Nostalgia drags

Great day for some tyre frying, PB gettin’ nostalgia drag racing action!

First run. 13.232@101.58mph
0.371 reaction.

13.208…13.223…13.232..13.185

Dialed in 13.15.

First cruise since the theft and fire

The interior and electrical was hurriedly cleaned up Saturday in time for the R&S series cruise starting from Lathlain oval.

A fellow cruiser pointed out that the brake lights were staying on so we made a quick pitstop to investigate but lost the group.

It fantastic to get out there again even for a short while

Flamey-stripe removed

Looking a bit naked with the flamey-stripe removed. But had to be removed to paint… something else will be redone

Blow out the cobwebs

A quick blat around the block just to blow out the cobwebs today. Felt good….real good

Green again!