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Posted by: purple Aug 16 2007, 09:59 AM

Two weeks of the gas tank being out of the car while I get everything back up to MY standards, not the hacking the P.O. did, and the weather has be GORGEOUS!

Not a raindrop to be seen for 14 whole days....nary a cloud in the sky


Last night plumbed the pump, mounted it, put the tank back in.....


AND SOME DAMN TROPICAL STORM HITS TEXAS?????!?!?!?!?!!?ONE




To repeat

!!!!!!!!!

The very day I want to leak test and take it for a spin with my new CB rotary...and it's rained hard enough to drown a frog.

LAME!

Posted by: mrhurtalot Aug 16 2007, 10:15 AM

= [ sorry!

Posted by: por73914 Aug 16 2007, 01:30 PM

That sucks!

Posted by: MrZir Aug 16 2007, 01:46 PM

Do send it a bit further north, we could use a little cooling off.

Posted by: xperu Aug 16 2007, 01:54 PM

I am at my office in a High Rise office building in Houston, the thunder is bouncing off the buildings and the underground parking is flooding, so I'll see what happens when I go home at 4:30, my car may be flooded along with the other few hunderd that work here.

Posted by: purple Aug 16 2007, 02:15 PM

not one to let God get in my way...I went home for lunch and put some gas in it....NO LEAKS!

then I tried the new pump....no pumping was going on, I couldnt see fuel in the clear filter I installed just for this purpose.

I popped up the tank and found the hose off the bottom was kinked. I re-routed it slightly and replaced it. Tried pumping again and SUCCESSS!!!!!!!

Fired right up and idled beautifully!

I goosed it a little and it seemed a little freer with the goosing.

My question would be... does putting a regulated pump on there make any difference?

It had a facet, unregulated. It was really sputtery and kinda hesitated at idle.

Is this possible?

By the way....knock my motorcycle exhaust...but god-damn does it sound good. I missed the sound of my red & black sex machine

Posted by: So.Cal.914 Aug 16 2007, 02:48 PM

QUOTE(purple @ Aug 16 2007, 01:15 PM)

Posted by: Gint Aug 16 2007, 03:28 PM

Put the top on the damn thing and drive it. Just like Texas, it will dry out.

Posted by: SLITS Aug 16 2007, 04:04 PM

If you drive fast enough the rain will blow over you ...........

Posted by: purple Aug 17 2007, 10:10 AM

Say Word Son!!!

I drove my baby to work this morning!

With targa safely stowed in the trunk

Wow, what a great friggen car, boy did I miss driving it so. Everything was perfect... acceleration was great (still slow with my shitty progrssive carb) didnt miss shifts, didnt grind 2nd, it's ALL good.

purps

Posted by: Root_Werks Aug 17 2007, 10:18 AM