As of 2am today Joel's Coop still hadn't run, but I think he & Jeff still plan to have it ready. They were still finding various leaks, loose parts, etc.
I obviously lack a certain Drag Week element, 'cause there's no way I'd have the guts to run a car that's never even been started or driven. Cudos to Joel!
Got everything packed and ready to go today. I had to weld an exhaust hanger on the truck that broke on the trip back from Beaver Springs this spring. Did the normal procedure and unhooked the battery and disconnected the ignition, and was rewarded afterward with a truck that the engine would not shut off (it started fine), and none of the gauges worked except the fuel gauge. Are you freakin kidding me?!! I unplugged the distributor to kill the engine.
Of course the normal action in such circumstances is to panic, so I started running through my mind how to quickly wire up an ignition toggle switch instead of messing with the wiring and original ignition switch, which would have taken up way to much time that I didn't have. I wasn't too concerned about the temp and oil gauges because the truck never comes close to overheating and oil pressure is always stable. While I was thinking it over, I plugged the distributor back in and started it to make sure it would start. It started and shut off, but still no gauges. Hmmm
I started and stopped it two more times and suddenly the gauges started working again. A half dozen tries throughout the day and everything seemed fine and normal. Great!! I fixed that problem!
Drag Week..lol
