Mick
Active Member
Got up yesterday morning at zero dark thirty on a flight out of Louisville with my awesome co-pilot Ginny, to Omaha, Nebraska. We got picked up from the airport by the gentleman (Don Peers) that did my pre-purchase inspection (for the credit union). Treated us like family and got us hooked up with the seller. We took him and his wife to lunch and saw a little bit of Omaha.
Okay, the car had been at a shop in York, Nebraska, getting looked over and agreed upon repairs made to Bess, pre-purchase. The a/c, (which had a new compressor, wasn't blowing cold and there was an exhaust leak at that exhaust butterfly/heat rise valve (is that what it's called?) These guys (Skip's in York) have a solid reputation, and after some discussion, decided that the valve just needed to go. Cool. They took both exhaust manifolds off, shaved them, and put gaskets on them. Refilled a/c, and try as they might, could find no leak. Good to go.
Got the car, quiet as could be and cold a/c. Get on the road, somewhere in Missouri I think, or was it Iowa? Anyway, a damn coyote (believe it or not) trots-not runs-across the interstate. Time to test those big beautiful power drum brakes. Bess tries to send me into a ditch. Right side grabbed; driver side not so much. Didn't notice this in drive around Omaha, and may have developed just then. Midway through Missouri, heard that unmistakable exhaust leak start up. Next gas stop, popped the hood and sure enough, another leak, this time from the driver side. Did they just not torque it down or what? I can also confirm she has original headlights...Anyway, made it home in one piece and and look forward to working on her.
Okay, the car had been at a shop in York, Nebraska, getting looked over and agreed upon repairs made to Bess, pre-purchase. The a/c, (which had a new compressor, wasn't blowing cold and there was an exhaust leak at that exhaust butterfly/heat rise valve (is that what it's called?) These guys (Skip's in York) have a solid reputation, and after some discussion, decided that the valve just needed to go. Cool. They took both exhaust manifolds off, shaved them, and put gaskets on them. Refilled a/c, and try as they might, could find no leak. Good to go.
Got the car, quiet as could be and cold a/c. Get on the road, somewhere in Missouri I think, or was it Iowa? Anyway, a damn coyote (believe it or not) trots-not runs-across the interstate. Time to test those big beautiful power drum brakes. Bess tries to send me into a ditch. Right side grabbed; driver side not so much. Didn't notice this in drive around Omaha, and may have developed just then. Midway through Missouri, heard that unmistakable exhaust leak start up. Next gas stop, popped the hood and sure enough, another leak, this time from the driver side. Did they just not torque it down or what? I can also confirm she has original headlights...Anyway, made it home in one piece and and look forward to working on her.