:agreed:
x2!!
I work at a pressure gauge manufacturer - beware of junky gauges! There are still some of us who make them in the USA. They're not cheap but they sure are good :)
I know this is old but I'd like to elaborate as we are coming into summer.
x2. We can get surprisingly hot here in CT and often have heavy highway congestion so you're sitting there in 105° ambient + solar heat on the pavement + added heat from all those additional automobiles around...
Just try and save yourself some further agony - make sure that the rear bracket is attached to the starter - I just got mine running last weekend for a short while (didn't run when I bought it) but someone left the bracket out on my truck and the ring gear is toast (sounded like it needed to be...