[post toastie]

I took my 70 out for it's monthly run today.

[Scarebird]

Originally Posted by post toastie

I took my 70 out for it's monthly run today.

She needs more exercise than that!

Still waiting for the Portuguese Customs to exdigitate. Now they want a statement from PT Social Security showing I owe no public debts. Given I don't even have a PT SS account that is kinda hard...

The old Washington collector tag was invalid so I mounted a plate from my native California on it. My folks had it on a Cordoba before we moved to Washington.

I ran about the patch before sunrise to make sure the plate still worked - it functioned as designed.

[srmmmm]

Took the Bird to a family event last evening for the longest highway cruise since the transmission was replaced. Was pleased to see the new radiator and water pump kept the engine at the 180 thermostat level at 3000rpm, running the A/C in 93 degree ambient. Temp only went up to about 200 coming in off the highway. Road manners are good and it's nice having a properly running tach. Can't complain about 18mpg either. Next challenges are the power steering pump (sounds like a coffee grinder and blows fluid out the cap everywhere), HVAC flappers that still don't change positions, and a Q-Jet that can't seem to maintain a tune on the idle circuit.

Went out with it again this morning and rolled 2000 miles on the odometer since the restoration. Can't figure out why it idles fine when cold, idles extremely rich when warm, and idles 400rpm higher (but smoothly) coming in off the highway. I'm suspecting a cracked intake manifold though.