Road trip, Made it! Options

[scottz0369]

I drove from San Jose to 29 Palms, Ca on Sunday--
The '72 made it without much drama. I got about 28mpg cruising at 75-80 the whole way (1.7l with dual 40idf Webers). The car ran great with just a bit of valve clatter coming up the Grapevine in 4th. The Odometer (both trip and total) started working intermittently about halfway there, and I noticed the speedo needle bounces quite a bit at low speeds--is this a cable issue?
Also, the dreaded "hot start" issue reared it's ugly head--after about 100 miles, I had to stop for a break--the car wouldn't start--no click, no starter turning, nothing. So I had a cup of coffee, came back in a half hour, and it started right up. The second time was just south of Magic Mountain--this time it sat for almost 2 hours, and still didn't start. I push started it in a really small parking lot. I left it running the rest of the way to 29 Palms. I think I need to get the Bosch hot start kit unless someone else has any ideas of the cause.

Other than that, it was a great drive, and more comfortable than I expected.

I found my digtial camera, so hopefully I'll be able to post some pics soon!

Scott

[dlo914]

hehe...Bill (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wink.gif) been meaning to call you up about the progress of the engine. I might as well tell you here. It's in the car, everything is hooked up, it'll crank over, but im not getting it to fire up. Were the fuel injectors good to begin with? And what's the condition of the alternator? i replaced it w/ mines. Oh and what's the condition on the distributor?