Had a few hours before I had to leave for work today around noon time, so
I used the Bugeye because we are having some unusually nice weather for this
time of year. The car is running great and I was have a ball. Ran to a
couple of places and was heading home to get ready for work and the Facet pump
started going wild. I knew in the back of my mind from my Bugeye ownership
days in the 70s when I could hardly afford gas, that it meant the pump was
going dry. I refused to believe it because I had filled it up the last time I
drove it. The gas gauge does not register because of a bad sending unit which
I have been intending to swap out when I get around to it. The car finally
stopped just as I got in front of my house (lucky) after the engine quitting a
couple a times on the way home. I got out my gas gauge (a wooden dowel with
gallons marked off on it) and "dipped" the tank. Bone dry! I had to go to
the gas station with a gas can
to get it up the incline of my drive way to put it away before I went to
work. I could not push it up hill by myself.
I left for work and called my son and asked where he was so he could have
helped me push it into the garage and I would not have to take the chance of
being late for work. Then He tells me he had "borrowed" the gas so he and a
friend could go somewhere a week ago. I told him I really did not mind that
he took the gas. Heck, I would have given him the cash if he had asked. He
said I was not home, I was at work and he could not wait. I told him to leave
a note if he does something like that again. Running out of gas is one thing,
but running out of gas just before work is a disaster. Kids...
Mike MacLean
60 Sprite
56 BN2
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