Two years ago the fuel pump on my Midget went south about 5 miles away from
home. I hitched a ride home and gathered:
5 feet of plastic tubing
1 canning jar and lid
1 mityvac air pump with a fitting for the canning jar.
1 gallon of gas.
I hitched another ride back to my Midget and filled the canning jar with gas.
Then I plumbed the lid so that I could force air into the jar with my mityvac
to pressurize the jar. This caused gas to flow out of the jar to the carbs.
It worked really well and saved me the cost of a tow truck. When I got home, I
discovered that a wire connector had worked itself loose from the fuel pump.
Curt Onstott - Crop and Soil Science Computing Admin
Oregon State University. - (541) 737-5875 - Office: CrpS 153b
http://www.css.orst.edu/curt
No, life IS a contest. Perhaps it doesn't FEEL like a contest to YOU
because I WON so long ago. -Voorhis
'70 MG Midget '75 Jaguar XJ6 '95 Specialized RockHopper
> -----Original Message-----
> From: William M. Gilroy [mailto:wmgilroy@lucent.com]
> Sent: Sunday, November 15, 1998 8:08 PM
> To: Bill & Cindy
> Cc: spridgets@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Connections
>
>
> Bill & Cindy wrote:
> >
> > Now people...please...picture this...it's raining, I've got
> the wiper motor
> > out and on the bench for a quick peek and clean-up, the
> heater is right next
> > to it awaiting funds for a core transplant, there are no
> seats in the car,
> > I'm waiting for the UPS guy to deliver a set purchased from
> a new friend met
> > on the list...but damn-it...I'm going for a ride!
> >
>
> Reminds of doing the same years ago in a 67 VW Bug. I need
> to go somewhere
> but did not yet have the seats installed. So I used a
> rectangular milk
> crate
> as a seat. Stood the crate on end, hopped on and went for a
> drive. Every
> was
> going really well until I had to make a left turn. The crate
> tipped over
> and I
> fell onto the passenger floor. There I am flopping around
> with my head
> down
> by the floor and one hand on the wheel still trying to steer
> around the
> corner.
> I pull myself upright. Now I am on my knees feet nowhere
> near the pedals
> and
> still motoring along. Finally a turn the engine off, pop the
> car out of
> gear
> and coast to a stop. At least nobody got injured. The
> things we do when
> we are young an stupid. Today would never do that, I would
> bolt a 2x4 to
> the
> crate so it would not tip over :-)
>
> Bill Gilroy
> 77 Midget, with 1 seat
>
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