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After over two years off the road, the Dart pulled itself out of the garage under it's own power tonight! We tightened up a loose fitting on the transmission coolant line and lowered the level of the Evans coolant in the radiator per their instructions and fired her up. No leaks at the transmission so we let the engine warm up to temperature and topped off the radiator and the trans fluid. The fans cycled on and off as set so we aired up the tires and bolted the hood back on.
We only took it for a short cruise because of the open headers but everything seemed to be functioning as well as we had hoped. Temps never got above 200 degrees and the oil pressure and battery voltage looked good. Got on it pretty hard a couple of times and it went straight and fast. Pulled into the driveway and rinsed two years of dust and cobwebs off of the outside. All in all a pretty good evening!
After over two years off the road, the Dart pulled itself out of the garage under it's own power tonight! We tightened up a loose fitting on the transmission coolant line and lowered the level of the Evans coolant in the radiator per their instructions and fired her up. No leaks at the transmission so we let the engine warm up to temperature and topped off the radiator and the trans fluid. The fans cycled on and off as set so we aired up the tires and bolted the hood back on.
We only took it for a short cruise because of the open headers but everything seemed to be functioning as well as we had hoped. Temps never got above 200 degrees and the oil pressure and battery voltage looked good. Got on it pretty hard a couple of times and it went straight and fast. Pulled into the driveway and rinsed two years of dust and cobwebs off of the outside. All in all a pretty good evening!
