Re: [BaadAssGremlins] The Gremmie pissed me off!

[Bob J <shadowmask70@xxxx>]

Rod,

If mechanical only fuel pump it could be vapour
lock? The times I have bought bad gas with water in
it, symptoms are usually a lot of backfiring lurching
etc. Sounds like yours happened almost instantly. If
possible next time take off air cleaner and see if gas
coming out of accelerator pump squirters when you open
throttle.. Sometimes electronic ignition boxes die,
then when they cool down work, warm up die etc. Ford
modules are famous for that.

Bob.






--- hemmigremmie <hemmigremmie@xxxx> wrote:
> Hey Crew.
> Drove the Gremlin in town and got some fuel, headed
> out twords my 
> friends to adjust the 4 link and cut out the
> unneeded sheetmetal. 
> Got about 1/4 mile down the road when bluuuh!, It
> died. Just 
> complete dead. Cranked her over, but no luck. I
> push(humiliating) 
> off to a little parking lot and still no start.
> After a ride home 
> and a ride back about 2hrs passed by and whamo,
> fires right up????
> It acted as if its getting flooded. My friend who
> helped time it 
> said they found a little rusty type stuff in the
> fuel line, but 
> cleaned it out. I put some gas treatment in it in
> case of any water 
> were the fuel cell set with not much gas over the
> winter also.
> It just makes me nervous to drive not knowing if it
> will purr or 
> die. Rod 
> 
> 


__________________________________
Do you Yahoo!?
SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month!
http://sbc.yahoo.com