Since it's been back in DD duty this poor Amazon has been hauling stuff non stop, but I have taken some time to fix little things. While I love the way it looks lowered I'm half tempted to get overload coils and rally from springs (if classicsweede doesn't take 3 months this time).
Gas cap went on right away, no more oily rag mod
Overdrive stopped working a few weeks back, luckily just the pesky little ground wire, all fixed and back in "5th". At some point I'll change the rear gears as I do a lot of highway miles in this thing, but that can is being kicked down the road.
In preparation for a trip I went through the basic maintenance, topped off the fluids and did a quick valve adjustment. It's gotta be ~15k miles since I touched the lash and non where more then .001 off (basically not worth pulling the cover off).
Then came the trip this last weekend, second annual Reedsport camping trip (although we stayed closer to Waldport this time). ~1300 miles all said and done with plenty of them being harder then you probable should push an old clunker.
Beautiful view along highway 101 (including the ocean, not just the car) and a blast of a drive, a little fixing here and there but nothing that left the car inoperable.
If the mud didn't give it away we did some offroading, this is absolutely not the car to do it in but being a good idea isn't a requirement.
(insert gif of water crossing when I figure that shit out)
As it turns out B20 distributors are not waterproof, who would have thought. After the first few water crossings it got a plastic bag wrapped around it and made the last two without issue.
Since getting back I gave the car a little more love as a thank you for putting up with me. New plugs, cleaned and gapped the points, replaced the leaking manifold gasket and hosed off the engine bay. I'd say it's ready for Davis 2024.
