> Be careful (just past Don Pedro, & the fish hatchery) of *Old* Priest Grade > - don't be tempted unless you're lightly loaded & your engine is in top > shape (runs cool, etc.). Probably one of the best empirical tests for blown head gaskets anywhere. Went up the much more moderate *New* Priest Grade once with combustion (not water) leaking head gaskets in summer.... all heaters running full blast, windows down, about 5 miles an hour, needle flailing up and down, lights blinking...the scouts who were passengers thought I was wacko, a point of view with some merit, since the subtleties of the failure modes of the wasserboxer were still a mystery at that time. Tom Neal '87 syncro "There was a point to this narrative, but it has presently escaped the chronicler's mind." --Douglas Adams |
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