The water leak revealed in the first start was caused by the left thermostat housing gasket. It was replaced. All leaks seem to have seized now. Including the fuel leak from the float chamber plugs.
I managed to drag my sister out in the garage to film the engine running for everyone to see and hear.
This was actually the 3rd or 4th start. For the actual 2nd start, I didn't have a camera. During the actual second start, the oil pressure peaked at 70psi. In this start, it did not cross 20psi. The oil warning light does not come on.
Water temperature was unavailable. The rev count is not working either. I'll take the fascia out and recheck the connections to the gauges. Nevertheless the system feels a little too hot. In just 2 minutes, the valve covers became far too hot to touch. However the coolant temperature in the expansion bottle is around 40degC (finger test).
The vacuum line to the right hand side induction manifold has not been clamped down properly yet. I need to purchase more hose clamps. There was a slight hissing sound from that connection once the ignition was turned off.
There is an electrical whining sound from somewhere under the gear lever. It occurs whenever the battery is connected.
The car starts (without choke) and stops (with the key) as any normal car should. I did not want to run the engine for more than a minute without a working water temperature sensor, so I switched the ignition off once the car started idling.
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