John S's Journal

And that means more driving as I get more comfortable with it’s performance out on the road. It’s been running a bit lean as it has been a little hard to start and popping on deceleration. Finally got around to removing the Cooper cans and tweaked the HS4’s. Now it fires right up on the choke and seems to idle down pretty well. Still waiting on the original carbs to come back from Joe Curto. Six months and still not here. Glad I have my spare carbs to use…

Got the LED flashers installed last week and then the LED bulbs came in yesterday so I got those installed. Didn’t do a side by side comparison but they are definitely brighter than the old incandescent bulbs.

Just a couple more things remain on my immediate list. The front valance that was so badly mangled is getting closer. The large boo boos have been massaged out with the hammer and dolly, all the paint stripped and I used a 2K rattle can epoxy primer on the bare metal. I need to put a skim coat of mud next to smooth things out a bit more before painting it.
Still need to investigate the OD solenoid. It’s getting power as the indicator light comes on in my radio console. I need to jack it back up and do a little probing with the multimeter to see what’s going on. In the meantime though, I’m enjoying the driving experience in my GT.