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Thanks again, guys. And yes, there were plenty of those "magic words" used over the years!:3dSMILE:

I'm currently working on a good intro to the truck build. Too much stuff going on with getting...

Folks, it’s been almost exactly a year since I first drove this car after 8 years of building. Cruisin the Coast is next week, and the car had 50 miles on it when I pulled out of my driveway to...

Now it was on to the boot.

I had a plan to fix this without tearing out the interior, but it involved sacrificing the boot that was in the car already. I bought a new leather boot that was also...

Time for another post and to be honest, I’m running out of things to do.

During the build, I installed a line lock in the front brakes and added a shifter knob with a button to activate it. That...

I found something else by accident that had to be fixed. When I pulled the inner fenders to check for the hot air leaks, I noticed that the tires had been rubbing on the top of the inner fender.
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OK, at the beginning of this update, I mentioned some ugly. Now that most of the bad is behind us, let’s talk about that.

Most of the trip was fine even though we had a few issues, they were...

OK, I have some info on the PCV system. My mechanics vacuum gauge does not appear to be sensitive or consistent enough to give reliable info. It appears to be in vacuum most of the time, but we are...

One other thing that had to be taken care off while I was in Tennessee was a little tweaking on the EFI tune. I noticed that the car would heat up some while making a long uphill pull.
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V8, I hope to be posting some collected info this week. I have to admit that the adjustable valve is very intriguing and I am very tempted to pay the price.

Now that the PCV and oil leaks were...

Thanks for that 34. That is the same valve that V8nutz posted about. For folks that didn't look at the links, they are talking about an adjustable, tunable PCV valve. I found the the info about it...

Great idea Firebird, but I didn't have any tubing. I had to stop by the hardware store anyhow for that, so I just bought a cheap plastic funnel.

Now on to the PVC system. Just to satisfy myself,...

During the trip home there was a constant stink of oil in the car, so I knew the leak hadn’t magically healed itself. With 8 or so hours on the road, I had plenty of time to stew (in more ways than...

V8, I had looked at that and will try it if I can't get a conventional PCV valve to work. I'm working on solving this issue right now.

In my post on the Tail of the Dragon trip, I mentioned that that there was some bad and some ugly.

First the bad stuff. It's a fairly long list and I'll tackle the issues one at a time.

Those...

Thanks to everyone that commented and I appreciate the compliments.

I'm hoping all of this mini thrash will be paying off soon. We have a long trip planned to Tennessee. Should be about 10 or so...

I’ve been fighting an oil leak on the valve covers since the car has been on the road and I think I have finally solved the problem. I replaced the gaskets a couple of times and replaced the bolts...

The second issue was a leak. Depending on load, it could leak down in a few seconds or a few hours. The way this system is built, the only real places for a leak to affect the ride height is if a...

Ken, not a dumb question at all. Yes, a few of the relays have internal diodes, but I did check the polarity. After a screw-up at my relay supplier that left me with some odd reverse polarity diode...

Stovens, I'm doing the best I can and enjoying every minute:3dSMILE::cool:

I also had a couple of issues with the air suspension.

The first was with the auto-leveling portion. I used the same...

Getting the car up on scales was an eye opener, to say the least. On that front, there is good and bad news depending on how you look at it.

Right out of the gate, I’ll say that compared to other...

Time to move on to alignment. A quick recap. I couldn’t find anyone locally that will do it, so I had to do it myself. That’s not really my thing, but you do what you have to do.

My tools are...

Ken, I did have a wiring diagram and made a list of the connector pin-outs as I went. I have a well worn composition book that I carried with me everywhere for at least 6 or 7 months that I drew and...

Next on the list was to take care of some problems behind the dashboard. I made the dash to be fairly easy to remove for servicing because there is just no room to get under it and even if you...

Ken, I appreciate the compliment.

I'm guessing the Springfield in your bio is in Missouri. We are about to start making more long trips in this car, which is exactly what I built it for, and...

Time to move on to the really important job. Fitting the soft top. We have been driving the car since last year topless (the car not us), but my wife has said several times that she would like for...