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Re: up & running

To: trunkie@hotmail.com
Subject: Re: up & running
From: Paul A Asgeirsson <pasgeirsson@juno.com>
Date: Sun, 12 Sep 1999 13:00:37 EDT
Cc: spridgets@autox.team.net
References: <19990912155418.56789.qmail@hotmail.com>
Reply-to: Paul A Asgeirsson <pasgeirsson@juno.com>
Sender: owner-spridgets@autox.team.net
Congrats, Andy.

It certainly is a major accomplishment to totally rebuild an engine and
have it run just great.  Job well done.  Enjoy it for many years to come.

Paul

PAsgeirsson@juno.com

On Sun, 12 Sep 1999 15:54:18 GMT "Andy Webster" <trunkie@hotmail.com>
writes:
>greetings,
>My 1100 is assembled , installed, and 14.7 miles old!
>No problems except for coolant leaking from around one of the 
>thermostat 
>housing fastener nuts....nothing a little silastic wont take care of.
>Its remarkable how much the oil level drops as all those nooks and 
>crannies 
>fill up....dropped to just above the 'min' mark....(hope nobody is 
>going to 
>tell me I have an oil heammorhage somewhere.)
>Its tempting to wind it out but I restrained myself and will endeavour 
>to 
>keep the revs down for a few hundred miles. I was surprised at how 
>nicely it 
>runs....I expected it to be ...I dunno..'tight' and hesitant somehow, 
>but it 
>runs great...its nice to see my oil pressure up where it belongs too. 
>Its 
>rewarding to build an engine yourself and hear it purr away (for many 
>years 
>to come, touch wood).
>And a beautiful spring day to test it on..should be a good summer..
>Andy
>

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