"That's All Folks"

Tomorrow I'll be taking 'CD' (JJ) into the local tire shop for alignment,  the new Coolcat 'otter' switch is installed and worked great.  Test drive today showed no evidence of overheating and it was pretty warm out there.  I took the old switch apart and tried to fix it, I'll see if I have any pictures of it but I'm not sure I'd trust it anyways.  The car ran well again today on it's test drive, I'm hoping that I can get it back to Jennifer this weekend.

Inside the 'Otter' switch.  this one had come apart where the bimetallic plate came loose from the base

I soldered the bi-metallic plate to the base, it was spot welded form the manufacturer but the welds had failed and the plate was loose in the housing.  I tested the switch after I soldered it and it seemed to work but I don't think I'd trust it.

Jan helped me shine JJ up, lot's of oxidation but she really responded to a little TLC IMHO

It will probably be awhile till 'CD' returns to my garage, given the clutch holds up for the summer which is a big concern.  I was checking the new SS exhaust system that we received this week only to find that the resonators were for a latter car.  One runs into this sort of problem regularly with the '58 being a transition year and one just has to be aware of this potential problem.  I emailed Will at SNG and he'll take care of it for us.  Next time around we'll work on the IRS, drive line and possibly the clutch, that will be a good time to install the new SS exhaust system.

Cheers,

Lynn

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