Heads are on..

["Jeff Phillips" <jeff.phillips@xxxx>]

Just a quick update about #10544. The heads are back on and the 
vehicle actually started up and ran, despite removing the 
distributor without marking its position first. :) I'm really 
impressed that the thing ran at all, all be it rough, the timing 
seemed to be nearly correct waivering around 10'. I think that I 
have a spark problem as the timing light frequently missed when it 
was supposed to blink. I'll be looking in to that shortly. The 
worst that has happened is that I overtightened the alternator belt 
and siezed the bearings in that poor little fella. Its a blessing 
in disguise as that alternator, I'm told, is off of a forklift and 
sadly underpowered anyways. Unfortunately I have movers arriving on 
Monday andd Tuseday to pack up the house and ship it all to 
Mississippi (joys of the military), so I don't have time to order a 
new alt from a vendor before I go. I'll be removing the alternator 
belt just to allow me to drive the car onto the trailer for the 
great journey south. I really wish that I would have been able to 
get this thing running well before I arrived so that I could arrive 
in style. 

Jeff