Michael D. Porter wrote:
>
> Jeff Arrowsmith wrote:
>
> > You think thats a good one? TRUE STORY. 75 Spit's fuel pump crapped out in
> > Fargo N.D......being, at that time, completely green about Triumphs
> > etc....the Spit was towed to the closest Unical station/garage. Had to
> > spend that night there, but in the A.M, the local "Bubba" mechanic got me
> > hooked up to an electrical combine pump and I was off back home....when
> > Bubba says while pointing to my puny little Stromberg " Thats what you get
> > fer havin the fancy fuel injection in yar car!!!" THIS STORY CONDENSED FOR
> > BANDWITH - I'm not kidding 8-)
>
> Big yuks, Jeff. Sort of reminds of burning a rear axle bearing outside of
> Gallup, NM, in 1970 on the `63 Spit4 I once owned. The only shop in town
>which
> would work on it was a Continental Engine franchise. Rolled it into the shop,
> and one partner was putting a `54 Dodge flathead together with an impact
>wrench
> while the several collective hippie owners of the truck looked on with
>apparent
> admiration.
>
> The other partner is on the floor, stripping a VW engine for rebuild, and it
> takes him about 20 minutes, including the pauses to mutter, "that's gonna blow
> up in about fifty miles, and guess who's gonna have to tow it in and fix it?"
> All I could do was express sympathy, and say, "_You_ fix mine, okay?"
> Cheers.
>
> --
> My other Triumph doesn't run, either....
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