Great to see another car running, Good Job Carl E.
Hans Duinhoven wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I finally had cranked my '71 BGT with gas.
> After some cranking and quite some smoke the enige started. What a joy! The
> odor was a bit less in such a small environment as my garage is (yes the
> door was open).
> It runs on 3 cylinders only. After swapping the plugs I found there is a
> faulty one.
> I'll replace it next time.
> The smoke came from the manifold gasket and disappeared later.
>
> I ran the GT out of my (basement) garage which was a bit hard for an engine
> running on 3 plugs only and a steep runway to the road, but allright it
> went.
> So I made a very little tour around the block where I live.
>
> The brakes work, but o I miss the power assistance. I normally drive a
> Peugeot 406 and that car has heavily assisted all disc brakes - so it's a
> world's difference.
>
> The oil pressure is o.k.
> The temperature meter still does not work. With the engine running there was
> no resistance measured - so I'll replace the sensor.
>
> The fuel gauge does not give a sign as well.
> Although it works - tested with shortly grounding the wire which leads to
> the tank sensor - it does not move when connected.
> It reads about 450 ohms to ground.
> Is this normal?
>
> There came a little smoke into the interior from the fresh air outlet.
> I'll check this later.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Hans
> '71BGT running now!
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