Pulled the Mess that was my Timing Chain....

Unfortunately, my teacher had just about no time after school, so all I could do was fill it up with coolant, oil, hook up my electrical, and sit inside and turn on the fuzzy AM radio while making revving noises. No testing the engine just yet, until Monday.

Another bitter road bump; initially my car went into the shop because of a leaky pan gasket. Switched it out, filled it all up, and that's when it died. Now, because we have had to lift the car and keep the tranny up with a floor jack, the tranny is once again, leaking all over the floor. I guess that block of wood under the jack wasn't good enough! Going to have to check that one it's all running pretty.

On a side note, I may have figured out why I couldn't get above 60 on the highway (you know, besides the other issues). Hooking up the throttle cable back on the carb, I saw that it was pretty long. My gas pedal had about 2-3 inches of play in it too, and was sitting real low. Turns out, pushing the pedal to the floor only opened the throttle by 2/3. Gonna have to fix that...

Never been more excited for a Monday before! Time to get this all wrapped up.