Shakedown - Part 1

I have made this post Part 1, because I reckon there is going to be a few more like it. I managed to reassemble the car after reconnecting the speedo wire so I could do the calibration. The other thing I needed to fix was the leak from bottom radiator hose. I popped the nose cone off to get to the hose clamp, and found it was not tight. I had put all the front hoses in long before I put coolant in, and never checked the tightness. Quick check of all the hoses around it and I found a similar story....oh well!


With these two problems fixed, I was able to take the car out to do the speedo calibration and just generally enjoy a drive. I organised to meet Steve and Dave, fellow clubman drivers at Steve's place which is happily about 20km away. On the  way out I did the 1km autocalibration test and found it needed 3580 pulses. With that done I had a functioning speedo.


The car went well but the trip exposed a few more problems:

• The thermostat appears to be stuck closed....so the car ran very hot!!!
• The muffler mount bent then broke
• One of the headlights stopped working.

All in all a good run. We got to take some photos and it was nice to have the car out somewhere other than my front yard, especially around other Clubbies. Not major problems to fix, and I expect I will uncover more problems on subsequent runs. Best part was coming home in convoy with two other Clubbies around me!