I also got new tires for the car this weekend. I got Bridgstone tires at Costco. I figured that there wasn't a lot of reason to get expensive tires since I'm going to end up using them up doing burnouts! ;-) I bought five because the old spare was in pretty bad shape (Like "A Christmas Story, "My old man's spare tires were actually only tires in the academic sense. They were round, they had once been made of rubber.") and since the spare tire is on a nice chrome rim, I figured I could rotate it along with all the rest.
I spent a good portion of the day on Saturday cleaning and shining chrome wheels. They really needed the time and attention. The chrome, like the chrome on most of the car, is good but starting to pit and rust. I cleaned them up, but they really need to be rechromed at some point. Something that is not going to happen anytime in the future.
I also worked on the gas leak in the trunk. I think it may be caused by using fuel line that is too large, so I bought a smaller size (5/16" instead of 3/8") and pulled all the fuel lines. It is a good thing the gas tanks have drain plugs because, since they sit higher then the fuel feed, there is a strong siphon effect that wants to drain the tank into the trunk. There was no gas in the right tank but about three gallons in the left one that I had to drain. More used gas! Hopefully this will fix the gas leak! It was never very much, but it sure filled the trunk with gas fumes.
