302 for Smithkid

[Luva65wagon]

...haven't even lowered the car back down yet. Got too much going on at once.

Still? I'm anxious to hear it is all running happily. Of course I know all to well the "too much going on" thing. When I realize more than a week has passed and I haven't been here checking for things.

[SmithKid]

Yup. We now getting the house in order to go up for sale in 2 weeks. Soon, I hope.

[SmithKid]

Finally got a little time to look at the Ranchero a week or so ago. Got a little detail under the car taken care of and put it back on the ground. This morning, got a bit more time, Roger (member #1, #2, #3) came by and we reset the ECU to default and started over again. IT RUNS!! Drove it around the block, and will put a few more miles on it in the next coupla days. It's running a bit smoother at idle than it ever has is my first observation. Will keep you posted.

[dhbfaster]

House up for sale Gene?
Where are you headed?

[SmithKid]

House sold, next place pending. Puyallup, near Graham.

[dhbfaster]

Nice. I was looking around there. It seems like it would be easier to get a place big enough to have a shop.

[SmithKid]

Yeah. I looked at a place..... just under an acre, 1200 sq ft, 2-car attached, and shop big enough for 4 cars with additional 8 ft car door out the back. Overkill for me.

[Corbin]

House sold, next place pending. Puyallup, near Graham.

We just bought some property with a shop in Roy. If you ever need a hand, give me a shout.

[SmithKid]

Finally got the Ranchero "home" yesterday, after several months temporarily residing in my daughter & son-in-laws garage. Not without some problems (most likely caused by me not giving the car the attention it deserves/needs). The battery was totally dead.

So.... it's time to give some credit where it's due. Almost three years ago, I purchased a battery an unlikely place..... HD. It was appreciated at the time by me as a great price for the proper unit (Exide 24x) with a 40 month warranty. Today, 35 months into the warranty, HD replaced the battery. Zero dollars! I was totally surprised and impressed. Again! Kudos to them!

[SmithKid]

Yup. It's supposed to be here Tuesday. Orly thing left on "the list" b/4 that is radiator and coolant. Then maybe later in the week it may make some noise.

[SmithKid]

Latest incident of getting caught by Murphy is.... Stripped drain plug threads out of my new aluminum pan. Not sure if the threads in the pan were oversize, or the threads on the new plug were under-size, but the result was the same. I was NOT looking forward to re-pulling the new pan to install a heli-coil. Turns out I overcame the problem by purchasing and installing an over-size plug (15 or so thousandths larger).

[Luva65wagon]

I know you are nearly 30 miles south of me now, but I still strain my hearing in an attempt to catch a faint roar from down-yonder. I guess I know now why it hasn't been heard. Hopefully it will roar to life soon now. But I suspect now you are going to wait for the new, again, distributor?