Hmm, didn't think of dots -- will try that. Certainly they appear frequently
enough to be actually useful. Doorslamming sounds a little brutal. I have
found that the extra-wide expansion joints at overcrossings provide plenty
of impact -- unfortunately the secondary effect is that they pop my bonnet
loose, causing a stop for that purpose.
--
Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the primer red one with chrome wires
on 12/13/10 3:40 PM, Richard Ewald at richard.ewald@gmail.com wrote:
> I have found via experimentation that driving over lane divider "dots" will
> usually restart a SU pump if the road you are on does not have lane divider
> dots the slamming of an MGB door with enough force will also restart a balky
> pump.
> Ask me how I know this...
> Rick
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Dec 13, 2010, at 13:46, Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
>> I'm thinking there would be a market for a solenoid-operated trip hammer
>> that would rap the fuel pump when you pressed a button on the dash (thereby
>> saving the embarassment of rolling to a stop on the shoulder and ruining the
>> knees of your chinos). It would be particularly useful to the poor sots who
>> have bolt-on wheels and aren't in the habit of carrying a lead hammer.
>>
>> Any inventors out there?
>>
>> --
>>
>> Max Heim
>> '66 MGB GHN3L76149
>> If you're near Mountain View, CA,
>> it's the primer red one with chrome wires
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