SHE'S ALIVE!! SHE'S ALIVE!!
Ashby came out today and fixed whatever it was before I got back from Church. Installed a new fuel filter and he was getting fuel there, but it still wouldn't start, though. Didn't seem to be getting the fuel up to the throttle body. He took the supply line loose at the throttle body and eventually got fuel there then the injector wasn't spraying. A little cranking while tapping on the injector with a wrench did the trick. Fuel gauge is still stuck to the far right, though.
It started and sounded great, but Ashby started yelling to "turn it off before we have a fire!" The valve cover is leaking badly. Will be getting one of those and installing it as soon as the weather allows.
The alternator isn't charging, so the next thing will be to replace that. At least I can start it and run it on a fully charged battery to test for oil leaks, overheating and other things after the gasket replacement.
Don called and said he had a tilt column to go in it and at the same time we'll install delay wipers since the switch is already in the column. Don't know if you've ever gotten into one without tilt, but it's a bit difficult.
Once we've got it on the road, we'll start using the car for tech sessions. Dew wipe replacement, headliner replacement, headlight motor rebuild and wiper blades. As far as I've been able to determine, aside from paint, these are the only things the car needs. Before we paint it, Don and I discussed installing a decklid that has a remote trunk release and a luggage rack. We decided against installing the chenille dingleberries around the windshield.
I have a late model Pontiac radio to go into it. Eventually I'll get the harness to install it.
I will be visiting Robbie in the next week or so to get the 88 dash to replace the badly cracked one that's in it, along with the dual GT exhaust.
