Well Martha and I took the car to the Monterey Historics and had a great time. On Thursday night we went to the Cantina and met Dave Briggs and his wife. Had a couple of drinks and a great conversation about our cars. Dave, it was good meeting you. Hope to see you again next year. Oddly enough I also met up with Asthon Stander (Lance's son) and talked for a little bit. His car and mine are actually twins. Whooda thunk....
Ashton was very nice and invited us to park at their booth for the entire weekend. On saturday I was able to meet Lance and talk about the car. He was aware of the A/C problem and mentioned that when I was ready to fix it give him a call and the "uncrushed" piping would be on its way. Overall I got a pretty good feeling as to how he's running the company with an emphasis on customer support especially after the sale.
No on to the issues I encountered:
The morning of the trip down I pulled up to the gas nozzle, popped both tank caps and started to fill. Here's where it got crappy. I've always filled from the driver side, out of habit I guess, and this time I filled from the passenger side. Started to fill the passenger side. All went well initially until it started get near 3/4 full. Like every other time before "click" now I'll wait for it to start equalizing and inch it up. About 30 seconds later I noticed a puddle of fuel creeping towards my feet. Looked under the car and it was a fairly steady flow. I assumed I had a loose hose clamp at the entry to the passenger side tank and equalization over to the driver side would eventually take care of it. What do you guys think?
Next issue:
When we got to Monterey from Oakdale(where I live) I noticed my backside was damp. Now I still have full control of my bladder so I pulled the seats and noticed the floor was wet. That prompted me to pull the back panel to which I noticed several drops of engine coolant pooled up under the 90 degree rubber hose bends at the ends of the coolant pipes traveling down the tunnel. I can only assume that when in the higher RPM's the water pressure overcomes the hose clamps and they allow the hoses to seep. Have any of you guys experienced this? Any fixes?
Any opinions would be greatly appreciated
Rich.
Ashton was very nice and invited us to park at their booth for the entire weekend. On saturday I was able to meet Lance and talk about the car. He was aware of the A/C problem and mentioned that when I was ready to fix it give him a call and the "uncrushed" piping would be on its way. Overall I got a pretty good feeling as to how he's running the company with an emphasis on customer support especially after the sale.
No on to the issues I encountered:
The morning of the trip down I pulled up to the gas nozzle, popped both tank caps and started to fill. Here's where it got crappy. I've always filled from the driver side, out of habit I guess, and this time I filled from the passenger side. Started to fill the passenger side. All went well initially until it started get near 3/4 full. Like every other time before "click" now I'll wait for it to start equalizing and inch it up. About 30 seconds later I noticed a puddle of fuel creeping towards my feet. Looked under the car and it was a fairly steady flow. I assumed I had a loose hose clamp at the entry to the passenger side tank and equalization over to the driver side would eventually take care of it. What do you guys think?
Next issue:
When we got to Monterey from Oakdale(where I live) I noticed my backside was damp. Now I still have full control of my bladder so I pulled the seats and noticed the floor was wet. That prompted me to pull the back panel to which I noticed several drops of engine coolant pooled up under the 90 degree rubber hose bends at the ends of the coolant pipes traveling down the tunnel. I can only assume that when in the higher RPM's the water pressure overcomes the hose clamps and they allow the hoses to seep. Have any of you guys experienced this? Any fixes?
Any opinions would be greatly appreciated
Rich.