[Amc-list] got no wheels!

[Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>]

Damn, it's all ready to go, but no front wheels!!

Got the engine together, pumped gas through the pump and lines until clean, 
cleaned the carb, fired right up and I set valves and head re-torque (2 bbl 
car you have to remove the carb to get two head bolts!).

Left the oil line to the head finger-tight, lost a few ounces of oil. 
Ooops. No sign of the missing spider either.

Heater valve sprung a leak (it was a valve-shaped lump of rust before I 
worked it over), it's a lost cause. Plugged the head for now, no problemo. 
Then the radiator lower tank seam sprung a leak. All of the brass in the 
radiator converted to corrosion decades ago, so no surprise there. It was 
on the short list, now it's top of the list.

And so it goes.

I hope the clutch lasts long enough to evaluate it, the trans long enough 
to build a replacement, that the rear wheel bearings don't grind out of 
their housings, that the motor mounts don't fall out until I find 
replacements, ... everything else I can fix on the side of the road!

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