Congratulations, Ron. That's a great feeling Bob is exactly right about your oil and gas. If you can have it towed the 8 miles, I would do that and then drop the tank. I have found hair brushes, bolts and other stuff in the tanks I have removed. Know anybody with AAA Plus? They can have you towed up to 100 miles for free!! If that's not an option, at least add/mix some fresh gas to your tank.
Good luck. Rich -----Original Message----- >From: Bob Haggard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Feb 12, 2006 9:01 PM >To: The Chevelle Mailing List <Chevelle-list@chevelles.net> >Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] It's ALIVE!!! > >I have looked at old gas and old oil before and I would stop what you are >doing till you change the oil and drain the tank. Success is Good, >congratulations! >Bob >> >> From: Ron Zeppin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Date: 2006/02/12 Sun PM 08:25:50 EST >> To: The Chevelle Mailing List <Chevelle-list@chevelles.net> >> Subject: [Chevelle-list] It's ALIVE!!! >> >> >> Well, I snuck over to the storage yard where the '68 Malibu I just >> bought has been for the past several years... >> We'd tried for the past couple of days to get it started, but 6volts in >> the battery wasn't going to cut it. >> Brought it home, charged it up, went over yesterday, still no go... >> My buddy met me over there today and he figured it out... Neutral Safety >> switch was bad... >> we jumped it, and it turned over...primed the carb and it fired right >> up, but as soon as the >> fuel got up around the carb, we noticed a fuel leak where the rubber >> line attached to the dual feed line... >> rubber was like plastic. Ran across the street to Autozone to pick up >> some line and a new fuel filter, my buddy called >> and said to get a fuel pump too... it was rotating where it's supposed >> to be pinched together... >> got back, threw the pump, filter and lines on. We noticed the fuel was >> bad... smelled funky, be we didn't see any >> harm in trying it... reprimed a couple of times, fired up and ran... >> quite a bit of smoke. Motor >> hadn't been run in probably 4 years. kept it at as low an idle as I >> could for a few minutes, then rev'd her up to >> clear the crap out... she seems to run a bit rough, but we're >> attributing that to the bad gas and more than likely >> needing a new set of plugs. I'm going to get a right front tire >> tomorrow, and hopefully get her home where the major >> cleanup will start. It's got Flowmasters on it...not sure what models, I >> think 40 Series... it sounds awesome at idle, but pretty >> darn loud when your revving. >> Release the hounds!!!! >> >> Ron >> >> > >
