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Old 08-18-2012, 11:31 PM   #236
Low Elco
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Re: Boppa's old yeller truck

Busy day, but one of the good ones! Hood is on, front metal is fit, grille is built and on, E-fans are wired in, loomed, harnessed and functional, cab grounds are in, Front stereo speaker pod is built and painted, cab side engine harness got a MAJOR clean up, tried to get the temp gauge to work, no bueno. Gah.. Then it got exciting. Went to adjust the headlights and had the motor idling to make sure the fans were working. Kept smelling gas in the dark. Hadn't been smelling gas before while working on it all day. Got a light and looked and gas was SPRAYING ALL OVER THE FRONT OF THE MOTOR! Boppa had installed a fuel regulator and inline filter when we had a Holley on it, and we kept it when we put an Edelbrock on. The hose into the regulator had split right below the clamp and was just a- sprayin'! Thank God the fans hadn't come on yet. Shut it off and cleaned up a bit of plumbing and got rid of the regulator. Oddly, it runs better now. Just seems a lot smoother. Who Knows. Anyway, More work tomorrow, Hopefully big progress on the door front.
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