Roger,
you discovered a time capsule! Hope you didn't open it too soon,,,'-)
Gerard
At 9:08 PM -0400 4/26/01, Roger Cotting wrote:
>I had the yellow Bugeye up on jack stands to do all the work on it for a
>while. Rebuild slave cylinder, convert to disc brakes, install electric
>fuel pump, replace front seal. All went reasonably well, except that the
>fuel pump didn't work. Not getting fuel from the tank. After trying lots
>of stuff, I had to take it down and see what was wrong. I shook it and
>it sounded like it was full of pea gravel! My friend Sam and I messed
>around until he said maybe a shop vac would work. It did. I found: 3
>stones about an inch in diameter, a broken parking light, a metal film
>spool (127 film), a card table hinge, 1/2 a clothespin, a section of
>plastic tube 1/2 inch in diameter, and a Sprite flash. All appeared to
>be very old and very clean. I took off the undercoating and painted it.
>It's going back in tomorrow. You never know what problems your LBC is
>going to give you!
>
>Roger Cottng
>59 Bugeye ( Yellow Beauty)
>60 Bugeye ( Ironhead)
>60 Bugeye (project )
>73 Midget ( for sale)
>80 TR8
>95 Mitsu 3000GT
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