Spent a little more quality time with Rocinante yesterday afternoon.

+ Cleaned up vacuum lines a bit. Found a couple that were relatively loose on the barbs. Decided to get anal retentive about things. Snipped old, loose ends off, added little RTV to seal up capped barbs (presumably for the no longer there jet valves), re-routed to maybe look a little better.

+ Cleaned up the Church of the FSM that was the electrical wiring on the driver's fender. Cleaned up grounds, grouped and taped slack. Looks much better. Also cleaned contacts for temp sensors. Discovered the engine coolant temp sensor - the 2-blade unit - is wonky. The plastic base with the blades on it wiggles independent of the metal base. New one inbound from Rock Auto.

+ Checked timing. Should be 7?BTDC?2?. Turns out I was somehow closer to 10?BTDC. Got that corrected.

+ Bypassed the leaky heater core. Ran the lower heater hose (typically connects to the driver side fitting) to the upper's location on the top of the manifold. Topped off and burped coolant.

Took it for a spin. Literally. Even with the 31s and LSD, I can spin the rears around corners, and I can even get a little wheelspin in a straight line. More power is generally a good thing. Once the CLT arrives, I'll probably bump timing another degree (still diesels when I shut it off), throw a bottle of alcohol in the tank, and re-test.

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