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Re: '76 Midget - Oil on my coffee table??

To: cfiddes@direct.ca
Subject: Re: '76 Midget - Oil on my coffee table??
From: jon paschke <birdman@lightspeed.net>
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 1997 16:07:29 -0700
cfiddes@direct.ca wrote:
> 
> Hi folks.
> 
> I solved the first half of a minor mystery, but need some help to
> solve the final piece.
> 
> For the last couple of months, I've been noticing these unusual black
> marks on the top of my coffee table.  I'd clean 'em up and they'd
> show up again the next day.
> 
> I finally realized that they were from my shoes (sandals, boots
> - any footwear) but couldn't figure out why it had just begun . After
> all, I've been putting my feet up on my furniture for years.
> 
> Two and two finally made four in my li'l brain when I realized that
> the black marks had shown up with the Midget.  Sure enough, I found a
> little puddle of oil in the drivers footwell.
> 
> The oil is coming down the brake pedal (thankfully it's the back of
> the brake pedal!).  My question is, where is it coming from?  My
> second question is, wherever it's coming from, how do I replenish the
> lubricant being lost to the leak?
> 
> Thanks in advance for your help.
> 
> Chris.
                
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Chris,

  I'll bet it's a bad line to the oil preasure gage.

jmho

jon

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