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Not exactly that, but BTDT many times. =E2=80=9CDoh=E2=80=9D is right.
Larry
> On Oct 23, 2021, at 3:04 AM, Michael MacLean via Spridgets =
<spridgets@autox.team.net> wrote:
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> I just replaced the fuel tank on my Bugeye today. The coating =
inside the tank was breaking down and clogging the fuel filter. The =
fuel pump was also replaced with an ECCO pump. The location of the pump =
was changed. I had a Facet pump screwed to the top of the arch above =
the axle. It was a ways to draw the fuel, but the Facet did OK while it =
worked. The ECCO pump was installed to the vertical panel in front of =
the axle. Closer to the level of the tank pickup outlet tube. If any =
of you have installed a fuel tank in a Bugeye, you know what a bitch it =
is to route the filler neck out the hole in the rubber bung in the rear =
deck lid. Not a one person job. I was lucky a friend dropped by while =
I was in the middle of the installation. =20
> After all was installed and the fuel tubing was re-routed to =
accomodate the new pump I put a couple of gallons of gas in the tank and =
turned the key. The fuel pump started clicking, but still no fuel to =
the engine. What the heck? At this point my back was starting to hurt. =
I had skinned my right knee and my neck was sore. Somehow being 70 and =
getting under a Bugeye pushing a fuel tank in place is not the physical =
therapy I was hoping for. At this point I said screw it. It was time =
for supper and I decided to take a whack at it tomorrow. =20
> Well at about 10 PM, I had a thought. Did I hook up the fuel =
lines backward? So, I went out to the garage and lay down on the floor =
to take a look. What I found had me going "Doh" like Homer Simpson. =
First thing I noticed was the black wire was ground to the body and the =
red wire to the power connection. My Bugeye is a positive ground car. =
Tomorrow I switch the wires. "Doh!"
> Mikke MacLean
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Larry B. Macy, Ph.D.
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Only when the last tree has died and the last river has been poisoned =
and the last fish has been caught, will we realize that we can not eat =
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<html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; =
charset=3Dutf-8"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; =
-webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=3D"">Not =
exactly that, but BTDT many times. =E2=80=9CDoh=E2=80=9D is =
right.<div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">Larry<br =
class=3D""><div><br class=3D""><blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D""><div =
class=3D"">On Oct 23, 2021, at 3:04 AM, Michael MacLean via Spridgets =
<<a href=3D"mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net"; =
class=3D"">spridgets@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:</div><br =
class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=3D""><div dir=3D"auto" =
class=3D""> I just replaced the fuel tank on my =
Bugeye today. The coating inside the tank was breaking down and =
clogging the fuel filter. The fuel pump was also replaced with an =
ECCO pump. The location of the pump was changed. I had a =
Facet pump screwed to the top of the arch above the axle. It was a =
ways to draw the fuel, but the Facet did OK while it worked. The =
ECCO pump was installed to the vertical panel in front of the =
axle. Closer to the level of the tank pickup outlet tube. If =
any of you have installed a fuel tank in a Bugeye, you know what a bitch =
it is to route the filler neck out the hole in the rubber bung in the =
rear deck lid. Not a one person job. I was lucky a friend =
dropped by while I was in the middle of the =
installation. <div dir=3D"auto" class=3D""> =
After all was installed and the fuel tubing was re-routed to =
accomodate the new pump I put a couple of gallons of gas in the tank and =
turned the key. The fuel pump started clicking, but still no fuel =
to the engine. What the heck? At this point my back was starting =
to hurt. I had skinned my right knee and my neck was sore. =
Somehow being 70 and getting under a Bugeye pushing a fuel tank in =
place is not the physical therapy I was hoping for. At this =
point I said screw it. It was time for supper and I decided to =
take a whack at it tomorrow. </div><div dir=3D"auto" =
class=3D""> Well at about 10 PM, I had a thought. Did =
I hook up the fuel lines backward? So, I went out to the garage =
and lay down on the floor to take a look. What I found had me =
going "Doh" like Homer Simpson. First thing I noticed was the =
black wire was ground to the body and the red wire to the power =
connection. My Bugeye is a positive ground car. Tomorrow I switch =
the wires. "Doh!"</div><div dir=3D"auto" class=3D"">Mikke =
MacLean</div></div>
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class=3D""><div class=3D"">-- <br class=3D""><br class=3D"">Larry =
B. Macy, Ph.D.<br class=3D""><a href=3D"mailto:lmacy@mac.com"; =
class=3D"">lmacy@mac.com</a><br class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div =
class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">Only when the last tree =
has died and the last river has been poisoned and the last fish has been =
caught, will we realize that we can not eat money</div></div></div>
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