Hey Bill
Right on about the Doxie's and them ruling. We have two a mother and
daughter. The mother is the most bull headed dog we have had in thirty
years. She is the boss and she knows it. Tough little bitch, but a neat dog
anyway.
Glen
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Sent: Monday, June 11, 2001 1:51 PM
Subject: Arduns and Animals in the Great Dismal Swamp
> Hi folks, just wanted to tell you that the official second 290 Ardun
> driveway test was successful.
>
> But first, since animal stories have been requested, might mention that
> when I got everything out, all ready to go, about 9AM this morning,
> ready to make some noise ya know, I noticed that my neighbor was out in
> her yard with her new puppy, a black-and-tan standard shorthair
> Dachshund about six months old. We have fine neighbors here, love 'em
> all, so natcherly, not wanting to scare her or the dog with Ardun
> thunder, I gave her a shout, to wit:
>
> "Hey Rita, just gettin' ready to fire up my racecar! Gotta run it a few
> minutes for a test!"
>
> To which she responded graciously, "That's all right Honey, you go right
> ahead, it won't bother me." She has white hair like I do, and you know
> I don't want to irritate anybody. We all live on lots about 15K square
> feet here in the Swamp. Our own mutt is a miniature smooth-red
> shorthair female Dachshund. 9 pounds of fightin' fury if she get ahold
> of a squirrel. If you know the breed you know they have hard heads.
> They are hunters and their basic attitude is "either you dominate me or
> I'm gonna dominate you". And they never give up either.
>
> Anyhow, went through the drill, and just like the first time, Boom! the
> faithful Ardun fired up and ran like a charm. A coolant drip I had the
> first time is now fixed, and all systems are go, so far. After running
> it about 20 minutes I cut the fuel off, and dumped the oil, and the
> Ardun gods were smiling, no water in the oil, no oil in the water
> (except the 5% soluble oil I put in there for additional corrosion
> inhibitor). My mentors tell me if your Ardun will fire and run normally
> three times running, it's ready to go to a meet, and will probably run
> okay when it gets there. After the running, nothing was dripping or
> sticking out where it didn't belong, and the new hydraulic clutch is
> still (hot dog!) working just as planned. Long may it continue! I was
> recently told that the official rule in the airlines on leaks is, "If it
> ain't on the floor it ain't a leak."
>
> It was notable that this time, unlike the first time, there was very
> little iron dust in the oil, so I guess the rings and cylinder walls
> have done about all the break-in they plan to.
>
> If things keep going the right way I'm looking forward to hearing "The
> Sound" from inside the car at the timing tower at Maxton on June 30.
>
> Cheers Bill
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