> Be careful (just past Don Pedro, & the fish hatchery) of *Old* Priest Grade
> - don't be tempted unless you're lightly loaded & your engine is in top
> shape (runs cool, etc.).

Probably one of the best empirical tests for blown head gaskets anywhere.
Went up the much more moderate *New* Priest Grade once with combustion
(not water) leaking head  gaskets in summer.... all heaters running full
blast,  windows down, about  5 miles an hour, needle flailing up and
down, lights  blinking...the scouts who were passengers thought I was
wacko, a point of  view with some merit, since the subtleties of the
failure modes of the wasserboxer were still a mystery at that time.
Tom Neal '87 syncro
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