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Got up nice and early yesterday to run some roads with the GoPro and get my buddy with his drone to do a few overhead/follow-on takes and it did not go entirely as planned.

The good news: The car handles stable and the engine runs strong and sounds good; no further oil pressure issues.

But also:

*When I got back I noticed the headlights were out.

*There's a small drip from the transaxle.

*Both front tires rub the fenders on turns.

*Trying on my new helmet for one of the runs, I just put it on on top of my flat cap like the dork I am and did not realize it until hours later when I reviewed the video, so that footage is now marked OUTAKES ONLY (I'll post it soon, don't worry).

*Aaaand:

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After about an hour and a half of farting around, idling and low/medium speed third gear runs on a nice suburban road on a sunny 75-degree morning, the temp gauge had crept up to about 105C (around 220F), so I curtailed the video project.

Spyder guys warned me this would happen when they learnt I was not installing, at least initially, an auxiliary oil cooler. Seems a simple enough thing to add one.

But for now I'm going to install the underpan I made and do the same futzy near-the-house test drive on a similar morning soon. Data, me boys!

Meanwhile, this morning I checked the headlights and found the high beams worked, so I pulled the relays and tried one then the other, and replaced the low beam one. All good now.

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I also tightened the clamps on the outer edges of the axle boots. Hopefully that stanches the transmission drip. 

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Hopefully I'll get this buttoned up and tested by week's end. And wouldn't it be something if the tins cure the problem?

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