Where do I start, if it wasn't for bad luck I wouldn't have any luck
Ok Wednesday 1/26 started to take my shake-down run. Went about 20 miles or so, heard a noise and noticed my volt gauge was dropping down, lower and lower, turned around and headed home. Needless to say with low voltage, thinks started going wrong, temp went up (no fan), etc. Was about 4 miles from home. Called Mark, he came with jumper cables, let engine cool down, then made a mad dash to the house.
Pull radiator, etc apart again. Removed thermostat, and alternator. Went to parts store, alternator bad, only had about 80 miles on it, didn't want to chance the thermostat going bad with hight temps around 240. Bought a new alternator $$ and thermostat. Came back and got alternator ready for paint, installed thermostat, etc.
Today Thursday 1/27 Mark reinstalled everything, along with new anti-freeze, etc. Took a short drive and everything seemed good. After lunch I took off again, this time everything went good, about a 90 mile round trip.
Next week Brendon will hook-up laptop and find tune everything.
Here's a few pics.
Pic 1. This was Wednesday running along about 70 mph everything good
Pic 2. Looking down the road.
Pic 3. Torn apart again.
Pic 4. New alternator painted
No pics today, forgot the camera.
A big THANK YOU to my son Mark for all his hard work..Jim