What the heck was he doing in Needles if he was going to Twentynine Palms from
Hermosa Beach? That's some serious getting lost! :-)
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> On Aug 13, 2014, at 3:38 PM, Michael MacLean <rrengineer.mike@att.net>
wrote:
>
> Bud's reply makes sense and maybe if I had replaced the pump this "symptom"
> would have gone away. The pressure was rock steady through any kind of
> driving, so I think the pickup was in the right spot. At the time I
> knew
> nothing of cars. I just used the low pressure as an indicator and
> never had
> to remove the dipstick. It ran fine until I lent it to a
> friend that wanted
> to visit his girlfriend in the Marines in Twenty Nine Palms. He had to
drive
> from Hermosa Beach and I told him to just watch the oil pressure gauge and
> stop when the pressure got down to forty. I even supplied the oil. I
guess
> he was only thinking of one thing while driving out there. He got as far
as
> Needles, California and the engine seized. He had to buy me a used engine
> from the junk yard to replace the one he killed. Yes, there
> were Bugeyes in
> junkyards back then. After that I had to use the
> dipstick like everyone
> else.Mike
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