>Subject: Those "things" stickin out the back end.
Greg:
Thanks for the tip...but TRF is out of those, too. They have such good
customer service and support. How does one generate profits to support
that...you can't sell out of an "empty wagon!"
Fred Dieterich
1976 TR6 BRG Survivor (CF51570-U)
1972 TR6 Signal Red Driver (CC80349-U)
1967 TR4A IRS Blues Project (CTC76173-L)
http://www.tr-ific.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Greg Perry [mailto:rgp@ghg.net]
Sent: Monday, December 16, 2002 10:13 PM
To: Fred Dieterich
Subject: Re:
Fred,
Why not rebuild the old fuel pump with a kit? $20.00 from TRF.
Greg Perry
Fred Dieterich wrote:
>Subject: Those "thing" stickin out the back end.
>
>So the temp is a beautiful 64 degrees or so...perfect day to drive the BRG
>Survivor to work. In Christmas shopping traffic, the TR decides it's time
>for a new fuel pump...in the middle of a busy intersection. It was just
>like 25 years ago...pushing my LBC out of the traffic. What a blast from
the
>past. Once I figured that the pump was the culprit, my first call was to
>AAA for a free ride back to the TR-IFIC garage. Next was to my wife at
>home.
>
>Now, my wife really loves the TR experience. When it comes to appreciating
>the mechanical quirkiness of the LBC, well... I asked her to call TRF and
>order a fuel pump for a "76 TR6" so I can get the car fixed in short order.
>They asked if it was for a "car with carbs." She confidently responded,
"Oh
>yes, it has two of those things sticking out the back end." They told her
4
>to 6 weeks!
>
>There must be some problem at TRF. A couple days ago, I called to order a
>new dash for my son's 72 TR6. "Don't know when it can be done...do you
want
>to backorder?" Turns out, the "dash guy" resigned. (He must have walked
>out with the fuel pump guy.)
>
>I called Vickie B's and had a fuel pump shipped out today.
>
>
>Fred Dieterich
>1976 TR6 BRG Survivor (CF51570-U)
>1972 TR6 Signal Red Driver (CC80349-U)
>1967 TR4A IRS Blues Project (CTC76173-L)
>http://www.tr-ific.com
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