The end of the 2018 driving season for me.
This year was also the end of an era, having been able to store my car at my place of work for 34 years, how lucky I was! That is the one thing I miss about work in retirement..MY GARAGE.
I tested my lighting this past Monday at Specialty, to try and determine WHAT has failed (headlight switch).
I also back blew the radiator out, amazing what comes out, sand, leaves, pine needles, bark mulch and the remnants of at least a dozen types of insects, one of which was a HUGE dragon fly. Anyone that does our road trips should do that at end of season.
Today I tested a headlight relay the Robyn gave me, to see if that still might be my headlight issue, it was not, so onto dismantling the dash to get at the headlight switch. I hope to work on that over the next week or so, just to get it done.
Thanks to all that came out on this years drives, 2 good ones, Bromley Rock and Octoberfast. Lets plan for a good drive to Winthrop next season.
Our road laws here now have become extreme to say the least and the risk for speeding is just not worth the dice roll now, glad I saw the Golden Age of the Cannonballs and high speed drives.
I put a total of 26.6 hours of running time on the motor, down from the year before, but I did some good road trips in 2017.
This was the year I found that we have some voltage drop to the rear taillight wiring, but at least got the LED 1157 and 1156 bulbs to fire up and they have worked just fine, coupled with the proper LED relay for the turns.
I burned through some 200 litres of AVGAS and 80 litres of pump fuel.
Byron hosted us for 510 Day again and we did the Mission Historic parade, where I somehow hit 100 MPH during one "parade" lap....hmmmm.
Hopefully next spring I can get my headlight upgrade done....Hello...Byron.....
Had a bad, brand new O2 sensor that threw a curve, I drew the short straw on that one.
Next week I hope to test fit the CV half shafts for any clearance issues.
"Racing makes heroin addiction look like a vague wish for something salty" - Peter Egan
Keith Law
1973 2Door Slalom/hill climb/road race / canyon carver /Giant Killer 510
1968 Vintage 3HP Mini Bike
1971 Vintage 13' BOLER trailer