Nothing like a road trip to find the weak links and the problems that need to be fixed next. The 620 mile round trip to the TA Nationals in Dayton revealed a terrible heat-soak issue with the starter & solenoid (fortunately negated with and garden sprayer and hammer at every stop along the way); windshield wipers that don't work (fortunately we RainX-ed the windshield before the trip because we found heavy rain on the way back home); and a constipated gas tank that would only let you dribble gas into it to keep it from barfing it back out and all over your body (10 minutes to fill 10 gallons of gas).
Otherwise, it was a successful road trip down and back. Despite the 90 + degree temps and awful high humidity the entire weekend, the coolant temps stayed rock-solid at 185 on the highways and 170 in town driving. It also still is in the 14+ mpg range with the factory 3.42 gears.
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