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I used a leaf blower to blow the detritus out of the car. My first task =
was to see if the engine is frozen or if it can turn over (by hand). I =
took the spark plugs out (breaking one with my non-rubber-cushioned =
socket) and poured some ATF into the cylinders and sprayed some PB =
Blaster into the spark plug holes. Fastforward 3 days; rocking the car =
in gear shows some movement of the crankshaft pulley, so I'm thinking =
the engine isn't frozen. Next step is to get a battery hooked up, spritz =
some gas into the carbs and see if it'll fire.=20
Spark plugs: I went on-line to see who had what. Most of them doubled in =
price with shipping. But I found one locally - at Home Depot, in their =
lawn mower parts! Champion-made Eco-Clean RN9YC. We'll see if it works.
Lastly, banging one's head on the bonnet gets old quick, so I took the =
bonnet off and set it aside. I'm blessed with a barn with a loft. =
Storing the bonnet meant getting if from the car bay and up into the =
loft. My Warn Pullzall winch to the rescue. It helped get the Bugeye =
onto the trailer. It did good getting it up into the loft. Expensive, =
but it beats a come-along or block-and-tackle. They make a battery =
powered one for more money.
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