well no leak last night or so far after the test run today... who knows... just have to keep an eye on it.
test run today went pretty well. it is still kind of cold out so i did not go far. about 10 miles maybe.
car steering is lighter than i expected. certainly lighter than my TR6. i am running 30 psi in the tires and they are new. too much air?
checked the brake drums when i got home. the left rear was pretty hot to touch. the right rear was cool. so i backed the adjuster off one more notch on the left rear. i had adjusted both brakes up a notch because the brake pedal felt soft, or maybe better said, more travel than i liked. adjusting the rear brakes up a notch helped that a lot. so we will see how it goes after this adjustment.
ran a little warmer on the gauge than i expected. could be the gauge is off (going to check that tomorrow with my thermometer) and it could be i have some air in the system. going to try pulling the cap tomorrow and run it until it gets good and warm before i put the cap back on. maybe some air will bubble out.
also want to check the speedo against my old GPS unit on the next run.
car has good power and great low end power. it feels lighter and quicker than i expected. i tried the OD briefly and it seemed to go in and came back out as i would have expected. Kick down switch feels like it is adjusted where i would think it should be. Happy with that. at some point i would like to pull the plugs and see how they look. and of course check the valves hot.
drips.... well i had 4 or 5 below the rear. if that is all i get, the pinion seal can wait until fall. no coolant leak other than some coolant out the oveflow hose. i had just added some so i guess it was too much. there also seemed to be a few drips of oil under the gearbox. i am thinking maybe they came off the OD lever. i know that o-ring was leaking a little. but i could not see well enough to tell for sure. no oil out the bell housing vent hole... but that usually comes after the car sits a while and cools down. so guessing i will get a few drips there by tomorrow morning.
hopefully tomorrow is a little warmer so i can get a few runs in.