Tommy.... I honestly know how that feels....it's one of the things that
keeps us all going in our hobbies.... it's the love of doing the work and
having the dang thing Actually RUN..... amazing stuff isn't it....
Sometimes I sit back in total amazement that some little Part or Idea came
to fruition and actually Works as it was designed....
It really doesn't matter what level your playing at.... the fact that
something you did works.... Amazing feeling... I will always remember
the joy I had when my son and I fired up our 69 Sprite that we bought in a
Junk yard in Germany and pieced back together ... Had so much fun making it
run we took it on a bit of a field trip..... 11 countries in 3 days... and
still didn't have $1000 bucks in the whole deal..... Just wonderful
stuff....
Keith Turk
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> From: Tommy_Samuels@markivauto.com
> To: spridgets@autox.team.net
> Subject: Sputtering Sprite - Update
> Date: Thursday, October 04, 2001 7:26 AM
>
> YEEEEEEEEEEE HAAAAAAAA I can finally drive the Sprite
>
> I used the broken speedo cable roto rooter method to clean out the fuel
pickup
> line in the tank
> After that I flushed, pressure washed and boiled out the tank
> Gas tank on the barby REALLY works, you won't believe all the crud that
comes
> loose after about 30 minutes of boiling
> I rinsed the tank and set it back on the barby for a few minutes to dry
>
> While the tank was boiling , I worked on the sticking sending unit for
the gas
> gage
>
> Put it all back together last night and went for a shakedown cruise and
actually
> got more than a mile from my house
>
> It's still a work in process, but at least it's drivable
> Tommy
> 70B
> 67 Sprite On the road again
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