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John SMember ID: OldDuffer
Status: Silver Member  Eugene, OR, USA 
Last Login: 2026-04-19 14:51
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It's About Time!
Posted on: Wednesday March 25, 2026
The GT has been sitting idle all Winter and I finally got around to doing something about that. After the vacuum advance can (broken spring) debacle last Fall, It only went out once to test it once I got the repaired distributor back from Jeff Schlemmer. Today's efforts were valve lash adjustments, cleaning and gapping the plugs, adjusting the timing, and a short shakedown cruise to make sure all was good. It ran great but rain was on imminent and the wipers need some TLC so I kept it...
Back In Business
Posted on: Wednesday September 3, 2025
After sitting idle in the garage for a few weeks due to a distributor malfunction, hot weather, trips away, and general laziness, I decided to tackle the swap back from the temporary 25D to the original rebuilt one. I put the newly rebuilt vacuum can back on after sending it to Jeff S. to fix the broken spring and replace the diaphragm, gapped the points, and then went about bumping the engine over to TDC before removing the temp and dropping in the original. I had to adjust the timing a bit...
The GT Left Me Stranded…
Posted on: Friday August 8, 2025
…for awhile. But I prevailed without the ride of shame on a flat deck tow truck. What started out as a morning of errand runs on a perfect day with the car running great to a car that failed to start after stopping for a fill up with some clear gas. With a little help from the gas station attendant and a customer, we got the car pushed away from the pumps and up in the shade of the convenience market where I could work on it without scalding on the asphalt in the sun. I do carry a few...
Haven’t Done Much Lately
Posted on: Saturday September 21, 2024
Not that it’s a bad thing as it means it’s easy to get in and take a worry free drive somewhere. Unfortunately in my case, it also means I haven’t even driven it a whole lot lately due to an ambitious project around the house which has taken most of my summer it seems. Today though, I saw the poor GT with a layer of dust just sitting in the garage and decided to fire it up and give it a bath. That usually leads to taking it out for a rip out in the countryside to dry it off which is...
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