With this morning’s order of three head gasket rings for Glinda, our expenses on her have exceeded $600. That's only $600 for a nice looking, nice running classic (note the lower-case “c”) and sporty car. Still an amazing testament to the affordability of Corvairs.
As the gasket order indicated, I’m forced to address the puff-puff-puff noise that points to a failing head gasket before any permanent damage occurs. Sadly, the only way to replace them is to take the engine back down to the state it was in just a few days ago – lots of components removed and the engine lowered. Fortunately, 1) Victoria and I know all the bolts and nuts will come off easily (at least those that we’d just put back on); and 2) we won’t have to re-replace the new gaskets we just installed.
Victoria drove Glinda to school today anyway, and I’ll be interested to see how much oil, if any, is leaking out after she parks her this afternoon.
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