Andy,
Drive it like you stole it...
WST
----- Original Message -----
From: Andy Webster <trunkie@hotmail.com>
To: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, September 12, 1999 10:54 AM
Subject: up & running
> greetings,
> My 1100 is assembled , installed, and 14.7 miles old!
> No problems except for coolant leaking from around one of the thermostat
> housing fastener nuts....nothing a little silastic wont take care of.
> Its remarkable how much the oil level drops as all those nooks and
crannies
> fill up....dropped to just above the 'min' mark....(hope nobody is going
to
> tell me I have an oil heammorhage somewhere.)
> Its tempting to wind it out but I restrained myself and will endeavour to
> keep the revs down for a few hundred miles. I was surprised at how nicely
it
> runs....I expected it to be ...I dunno..'tight' and hesitant somehow, but
it
> runs great...its nice to see my oil pressure up where it belongs too. Its
> rewarding to build an engine yourself and hear it purr away (for many
years
> to come, touch wood).
> And a beautiful spring day to test it on..should be a good summer..
> Andy
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