It's Alive!
On Sunday I finally started the engine for the first time since September. Lots of spinning the engine over with the plugs out to get fuel to the carbs first of course. Sometimes the lack of an electrical system is a bit of a problem; either an electric fuel pump or a starter would have come in handy. But what isn't on the car can't fail! :)
So anyway, got it started and almost immediately found a coolant leak at the thermostat housing. One of the bolts felt a little soft when I installed it and the top half of the threads in the head were stripped. Not only that, but I managed to pinch the rubber gasket on the thermostat when I installed it. Tossed the gasket, got longer bolts to reach unbuggered threads and got out the "Form-A-Gasket". It's sealed now and I'll put helicoiling the holes on the list for next off-season.
It's running, the EGTs and plugs look good for just running on the jack. If the weather cooperates, I'll take it out this weekend and scrub the new tires so they have time to heat cycle for a couple of weeks.
