Ken G's Journal

I was able to get a bit of time this evening after work again to sneak out to the garage. I hoped to get the car running so I could test the brakes in the driveway. Not much luck.

It would turn over like a champ but no ignition. It is so weird because a week ago It would start up on the 3rd or 4th try with combustion at every crank, now nothing.
I cleaned the plugs, reset the static timing and tried starter fluid not even a cough. I need to go back to the beginning and systematically go though everything again. Not happy about that.

Also I had noticed a small amount of coolant on the ground but hadn't found a source, ending up thinking it was just excess via the overflow tube. Today I found the leak. It is on the back side of the water pump gasket behind the alternator. It runs down the engine and on to the cross member. I hadn't noticed this before and would have changed it when I had the engine out. Also it appears that coolant is a reacting with the engine paint and causing it to peel off.
Looks like another task is on the list for the winter.