I had no idea how the brakes would work, so I put my escort wagon in the driveway so if I couldn't stop I'd just ram into the back of the escort (sorry little buddy).  I was so focused on getting going with without stalling that I almost forgot about the escort!!  thank god the brakes worked!

It has been almost 2  years since I blew the tranny on my suburban brining this thing home from my grandpas farm....so this was a momentus night!  Sorry for the light level in the video, I'll get a better one soon, but thought it was important to get the very first forward motion!

http://youtu.be/tzm3Vaa3-TU

Just don't forget to bring home some flowers and all will be good. It is a great feeling to see your work show some progress. It will make you work even harder on it, (hince: the flowers) good job!

tim, I've still got theoriginal one on there right now...it was the straightest path to get her running with my limited time.  But now with summer around the corner I can hopeuflly get her home which will make it easier to start tinkering with.

I don't have an aftermarket oil pressure gauge, but the idiot light comes on with turn the key and goes off when the engine is running.  The oil runs well in the driver's side rockers...and to my delight I noticed that it is even starting to trickle out on the passenger side!  So maybe over time driving with some more modern oil the passenger side will open up a bit more.