[Spridgets] Oil Pressure vs Quantity

[Mike MacLean]

I didn't even ask. We were both surprised when the service station owner that had given him permission to leave it parked in his parking lot wanted $200 for a storage fee.B  A princely sum in 1971. Heck, the car only cost me $150 with a factory hardtop.
Mike

On Aug 13, 2014 1:36 PM, Rick Fisk <refisk at chartermi.net> wrote:
>
> What the heck was he doing in Needles if he was going to Twentynine Palms from Hermosa Beach?B  That's some serious getting lost!B  :-)B  
>
> Sent from my keyboard 
>
> > On Aug 13, 2014, at 3:38 PM, Michael MacLean <rrengineer.mike at att.net> wrote: 
> > 
> > Bud's reply makes sense and maybe if I had replaced the pump this "symptom" 
> > would have gone away.B  The pressure was rock steady through any kind of 
> > driving, so I think the pickup was in the right spot.B  At the time I 
> > knew 
> > nothing of cars.B  I just used the low pressure as an indicator and 
> > never had 
> > to remove the dipstick.B  It ran fine until I lent it to a 
> > friend that wanted 
> > to visit his girlfriend in the Marines in Twenty Nine Palms.B  He had to drive 
> > from Hermosa Beach and I told him to just watch the oil pressure gauge and 
> > stop when the pressure got down to forty.B  I even supplied the oil.B  I guess 
> > he was only thinking of one thing while driving out there.B  He got as far as 
> > Needles, California and the engine seized.B  He had to buy me a used engine 
> > from the junk yard to replace the one he killed.B  Yes, there 
> > were Bugeyes in 
> > junkyards back then.B  After that I had to use the 
> > dipstick like everyone 
> > else.Mike 
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