I have discovered two problems with my gas tank. 1st is that when I fill my tank all the way, I drip gas from the gas line fitting. The 2nd is that I seem to have a very slow seep of gas. I made an appointment for Monday for my local auto shop to unmount the tank and see what needs to be done. There is a local radiator shop that does repair, and my mechanic also knows of a local shop that fabricates tanks. I am not sure what will happen yet. Most likely it will depend on how bad the tank is.
I am using this trip to the mechanic as an excuse to install the dual exhaust. Wish me luck, it seems damn tight under there. I am thinking dual exhaust, just inside of the fins on the bumper, with straight chrome tips.
Thursday, May 13, 2010
On the road again.
My Hudson is back on the road again. I broke my original thermostat housing when installing the thermostat kit from Walt. I then bought a thermostat housing from Walt that already had the bypass blocked so I did not need the restriction plate. I broke that one installing it. Hudson308 kindly sent me a 3d thermostat housing. In the mean time, I took the 2nd thermostat housing to a local welder and they fixed it. I installed that housing last night onto the Hudson and it is working wonderfully. With the modern thermostat, bypass blocked, and external oil filter, I am running 1-2 needle thickness cooler according to the gauge. I am happy with that. In about a 1/2 hour of highway and city driving, I never went over the midpoint on my gauge.
Friday, May 7, 2010
New Tires Ordered
I have a buyer for my old tires and I placed an order for my new tires today from www.fatwhitewalls.com, a fellow Hudson guy. It is a lot of money, but I believe it will be worth it.
Monday, May 3, 2010
Temporary Failure - Thermostat kit by Walt Mordenti
Walt's directions were good, but my execution poor, and I paid for it.
Success: Oil Filter Kit by Walt Mordenti
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