on 8/8/04 6:04 AM, AMC74HORNET@xxxx at AMC74HORNET@xxxx did write:
I haven't had a Pabst Blue Ribbon in over 30 years. I used to
drink that when I was in the Navy down south. It was very hard to find
here in N.Y. after I got out of the Navy. Also when funds were low we
drank Carlings Black Label, it was .25 cents for a 12 oz. can.
Best cheap beer I can remember was called Ertles (that doesn't look right--maybe Oertles) when I was in the Army in the sixties, stationed at Ft. Campbell Kentucky (Tennessee was just across the street from my barracks) Dollar a sixpack, $3.75/case. When I got out of the Army I put about 10 cases in the trunk of my '52 Hudson Hornet and took them home to Nebraska, where nobody liked it!!! That was fine, just left more for me.
I know what you are saying Eddie about the different grades of
gasoline with their additives to supposedly help the environment. What a
crock. I just noticed a small sticker on the pump when I filled up the
orange Hornet last week that said that there was 10% ethanol in the gas.
I understand that it will deteriorate the rubber in older cars gas lines
and probably the rubber tip on the needle on your carb.
I've been using ethanol blend for almost twenty years, in my AMCs and in my other old cars and in my Maxima and Caravan, and Honda, and Saturn all bought new. Here in the corn belt it gets a state subsidy (to help the farmers, not the environment) which makes it about a nickel per gallon cheaper, and some stations don't even sell alcohol free gas. I haven't seen any ill effects from it. None. Zilch. Nada. Zip. Seems to help prevent gas line freeze. I don't know about MBTE and other stuff that they don't use round here, but I've had no trouble with ethanol blend. I did have to replace the fuel injector lines (about ten little short hoses) when the maxima had 170,000 miles, and some rubber hoses on the older cars too, but I remember deteriorating fuel lines even back in the early sixties--long before ethanol and more exotic fuel additives.
Onree
The crew chief
on the Corvette that Little "E" crashed a few weeks ago said that the
new company supplying raceing fuel had added a percentage of ethanol to
the fuel and it cause the liner in the fuel cells to start to
disintergrate.
"Doc"
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From: "Eddie Stakes" <eddiestakes@xxxx>
Reply-To: BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Sat, 7 Aug 2004 23:18:14 -0500
To: <BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [BaadAssGremlins] Question
Terry, you owe Doc & me a beer. Get Doc a Hamms or Pabst, I'll take a Cuzco or Pilsner Urquell, heehee....Something you might consider also doing is filling the tank with some good Chevron Techron 93, yup, about $2 a gallon. Also when you do that, put a can of B-12 Chemtool in the tank. Between the two it will clean out any stuff that may eb causing the float to stick. One of the problems is that there are too many f*cking blends of gasoline all over the US. What is sold in say, Houston, is different thant what is in pumps in San Antonio, different in Dallas, different in Shreveport, to Little Rock and so on. But some fo these blends, or as I like to call them 'designer gas' wreck havoc on fuel systems. Some will gum up fuel pumps and carbs if left idel in as little as 6 months. Others eat away at fuel lines, and gaskets in carbs and fuel pumps. Something you also might want to do is pull your fuel "in" line to the carb and blast away in there with carb cleaner. This too will dissolve any crap that may be in there. Good luck,
Eddie Stakes
tips from the 2nd worst polluted city in American and shitgas MTBE laden foul smelling, ozone choking, fuel.
Eddie Stakes
www.planethoustonamx.com <http://www.planethoustonamx.com>
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----- Original Message -----
From: twa1950@xxxx
To: BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 8:18 PM
Subject: [BaadAssGremlins] Question
Well, you guys are right my carb problem is the float. I came home and tightened the screws and taped on the carb. and the Gremmie started right up with no leaks. I drove it about 5 miles ran fine and still no leaks. I decided since I didn't clean him up last night I would tonight and make the rounds tomorrow night. Better car shows anyway. After cleaning him I decided to start him up again about 2 hours later. Started right up but after about a minute it started running rough and the carb was leaking. Tapped it with the screw driver it started running good and the carb stopped leaking. Question is do you think this will be something that clears up on its own or do you think I should quit driving him until I tear down the carb. and fix the float. My feeling is like Doc said just the lack of driving causes these problems and driving them tends to clear them up. If the carb. was a! way from the exhaust manifold I wouldn't give it a second thought. I would just keep the screwdriver handy and go on. Gas dripping on a hot manifold is no thrill for me though. Still think I will go with the handy screwdriver and hope it clears up on its own. Any thoughts. Again thanks Eddie and Doc.
Terry
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