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Subject:Re: On the Road Again....
From:Stephen Grisanti
Date:Fri, 21 Mar 2014 05:32:38 -0700

Congrats!� Wishing you many happy miles. 

Stephen

On Friday, March 21, 2014 1:59 AM, JRodgers <jrodgers113@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
  
Rolling, Rolling, Rolling, Keep those Wagons Rolling,

After all the van and tire issues I've had of late - I finally got Ol'
Red up and running. Took him out for a 60 mile run today on new shoes,
and all went well. Engine ran like a clock, ride was smooth and true on
the new st of General Altimax RT's - 205-70/R14's pumped 50 psi on the
rear and 45 on the Front. Steering was straight- no wandering. It was a
veeeery nice ride. Me and Ol' Red are ready for the open road.

One small hitch. I've been plagues by the low level warning light
staying on. It gave erratic display for a while - erratic blinking, but
today after a period of steady cruising at 65 mph - the light suddenly
went out and has performed as it should ever since. I didn't get a
chance to trouble shoot before this little run, now I'm faced with
trying to MAKE it fault. What to do, what to do?

Any suggestions as to how to approach this?

And a little aside - the '91 carat goes into the shop today for an auto
tranny rebuild. Hopefully before two many weeks this baby will be on the
road. Lots of work to do. Right front door panel is all apart. Like the
electric window and door locks were being worked on and just left.
Missing rear bumper, Front brake disks may need replacing and the
calipers look in rough shape., spring pads for rear springs are all to
pieces - that' needs looking at. I'm sure there is a bunch of other
stuff. I just haven't seen yet. But looking forward to getting it
roadworthy.

John