Nelson
Good to hear that Ol'Blu is back on the roads of Eastern Ct. Sounds
beautiful to me! I'm still working on Toymog.
John, I bought a TR-7 last June to take me on some of the British car
runs till I am able to finish my Morgan ( paint and interior). I spent many
hours trying to get it to run reliably and failed so decided to take it down
completely. Rebuild of motor, bearing, seals, springs, shocks,brakes etc. I
took the fuel tank out and found 1 gallon of water in the tank along with
eight gallons of fuel at about a dollar a quart. I gave the fuel to a friend
for his tractor. After I got things back together again I sent an e mail to
the guy I bought the car from telling him I was now having fun with the car
but didn't appreciate him selling me a car with a gallon of water in the
tank. He told me he had never had such a problem and on farther questioning
of his twelve year old twins , one boy said, it was not me dad and the other
boy said, welllll maybe I did it dad. They where playing in the car and put
water in it for gas.
It does make a lot of mess to clean. I had to have the tank totally
rebuilt at a fair cost. All is well now with 2300k on the new motor but our
winter is coming quickly too.
Good to see a few entries in the 'team site.
Cheers Glenn in Canada
----- Original Message -----
kFrom: "Nelson Warner" <lnwarner@comcast.net>
To: <morgans@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2007 4:08 PM
Subject: Re: [Morgans] How I spent yesterday.
> John,
>
> Don't you just hate it when gas goes bad. I put some gas in the mower
> last week and spent half the day trying to start it and then cleaning
> out the tank and line.
>
> Just back from a 20 mile run in Ol'Blu through some back roads in
> Eastern CT, with Molly the Terrier as my navigator.
> It's a cool damp 60 degrees with the sun trying to burn through the
> clouds. Arrived home with a maple leaf stuck on the grill.
>
> The days are still warm, but the Geese are flying South and we have
> had a killing frost. Winter is coming.
>
> Nelson
> The road goes on forever ...
>
> On Nov 1, 2007, at 10:06 AM, John T. Blair wrote:
> Hey gang,
>
> I broke down and took my Morgan 4/4 for a run yesterday for a total of
> about 4 mi. 2mi under her own power, and 2 on the back of a tow
> truck. :)
>
> Turns out the gas in the tank is bad and clogged the fuel line. So I've
> got to drain the tank and blow out the fuel lines today. Fun!
>
> John
>
>
> John T. Blair WA4OHZ email: jblair1948@cox.net
> Va. Beach, Va
> Phone: (757) 495-8229
>
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