Pocono Casualty .... she's a no go

Well the thrash for Mountain Madness has ended and I've thrown in the towel.

I managed to get the new motor in and all hooked up late on Tuesday night..... that's when everything started to unravel.

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Late Tuesday night, new motor is in and gets started....

Wednesday morning, new motor gets heat cycled and all the fluids checked.....

Wednesday afternoon, first run lasts 2 1/2 km.....

Wednesday night car gets towed to engine shop......

Thursday, new lower bearings and a new oil pump......

Friday morning fresh oil and a 5 km run, everything checks out.....

Friday afternoon 30km from engine shop, blow a tranny line....

bastardize it together with the help of a local farmer and almost get home before totally blowing the line....

get stuck at a garage trying to fix the tranny line and find all the upper control arm shims missing....

limp it to the dealer and get an alignment to fix the shim deal....

while on the hoist I squeeze in and fix the tranny lines (I think)....

Friday night go for a run to into town and loose the alternator....

Limp it home to find low oil pressure (may be a bad gauge now)

Have to leave for the weekend.... finally throwing in the towel.

So now the car sits needing an alternator, oil pressure gauge and a starter. Everything under the hood is dripping with tranny fluid. I believe this is what took out the alternator. When the oil pump let go, it dropped to zero oil pressure at low RPM and over 100psi when you rev it. I believe this has pooched the pressure sender and the starter was hardly able to turn the new motor over since I installed it.

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I hope everyone has a great time at Mountain MadneSS. I was hoping to meet everyone and show off the new purple stroker, but it would seem someone has decided otherwise.

Have a great week Ladies and Gents.
Later,
Brad