Last week I finally parked my BGT at home to wait for time to work on the fuel
pump. I had to get out & bang on the fuel pump 8 or 9 times each way to my van
pool pick up point.
Sunday, before it rained, I was able to get the battery out and deal with the
wet, dirty loose power connection. Some cleaning, star washers on a ring
connector, and a coating of RTV for moisture protection and it has been ticking
over better than ever. That high RPM miss dissapeared too. So hopefully I will
quietly slip off the Society for prevention of cruilty to SU pumps most wanted
list. And now I should once again be able to drive farther than half a mile
without the car coming to a stop.
BTW: Sat, before it rained, the Once & Future TR3's engine & transmission made
it back into the car :^) Nothings hooked up or bolted down yet, but it is
sitting on its new mounts. This was a real pain with the optional finned Al
sump taking more space, and the oil cooler adaptor pushing the oil filter
adaptor out so that there was a negative width clearence firewall side/front
plate/ engine/ oil filter adaptor/ steering column. It was painful, paint was
scratched =8^0 but the deed is done & the paint can be touched up.
Now if only it would stop raining long enough for me to bolt the engine down &
start connecting things
If only I had a garage
TeriAnn Wakeman Large format photographers look at the world
twakeman@apple.com upside down and backwards
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