damn murphy and his laws!!!!

[Zoomad75]

They don't call the test drives for nothing do they? Nobody's perfect anyway so to expect a perfect maiden voyage might be a little overly optimistic.

My first drive home after installing the 350 into my k5 went ok except for the teeny little 12" steering wheel made the truck very nervous to drive. It got swapped out when I got home.

I've had two times were I didn't have any major issues after a big job, both in my Nova. Both spelled times for future issues happened later. After installing a 350 for the wheezy 307, the engine ran fine from my house to college 140 miles away. A week later a heater hose sprung a leak and stained all the pretty orange paint on the valve covers and intake manifold. Nothing major, but sucked none the less. Plus I was at work when I found it. Next was after I rebuilt the TH350 in it. It drove great for a month. Then on the way home from school 20 miles from home on I25 in Denver the trans decides to downshift from 3rd to 2nd at 80 all by itself. No throttle input or movement of the shifter. I back out of the throttle all the way and I feel it shift back into 3rd. I roll gently on the throttle to keep up with traffic and it instantly jumps to 2nd again. I ended up getting off the highway and driving across Denver on surface streets in 2nd gear to get home. I must have done something wrong on the rebuid and ended up replacing the trans with a spare we had.

So be thankfull your testdrive found something wrong. Nothing is worse than thinking everything is A-OK and finding out you can't get out of 3rd on your way to work.