Um, what year Midget is this???
David Riker wrote:
> Wow, what a day...
> Up at 6am to get underway before 8. We're 20 miles out of town when I
> remember I forgot the title to the car. Candi heads back and Alissa and I
> continue on, agreeing to wait at the BK in Red Bluff. Upon arriving in Red
> Bluff, Alissa lets me know that her diaper is full...and the diaper bag is
> with Candi. Oh well, we throw away the diaper, and run a-natural with a
> promise not to go... We play in the play house for about 20 minutes and
> Candi catches up. The MG is running like a dream. We're now about 30
> minutes behind schedule, but I had already planned for that. Around Lake
> Shasta, the MG starves out for fuel, and then comes back to life. Does it
> again a couple of miles later. We pull off and I do some poking around, but
> all seems fine, as there is fuel in the fuel filter. I decide to go on, but
> don't get but about 500 feet before she dies and won't start again. I pull
> the fuel hose off and have Candi turn it over, but no fuel pumps out. Mind
> you this fuel pump was brand new 700 miles ago. So we hop in the Honda and
> backtrack to Shasta City, about 15 miles. There is a little Napa parts
> house, and a helpful counter staff. We find a universal low pressure
> electric pump, and buy the necessary tools and wire to do a road side
> install. $80 and we head back to the car. Go to jack it up, and the jack I
> bought is for an MGB and won't fit in the jack holes. I tell myself, that
> I'll ship a correct one to the buyer when I get home. Good thing the Honda
> has a scissor jack and not some funky only-work-on-a-Honda thingy. Fuel
> pump install is simple and straight forward, and within another 15 minutes
> we're back on the road, but now it's noon (we were supposed to be in Klamath
> Falls at noon). Oh well, the MG is buzzing along quite nicely, and I turn
> the stereo off to enjoy the sound of the car and the road. Well you know we
> don't make it another 15 miles and POW. Instantly the rear wheels lock up,
> and the back end swerves. I jam in the clutch, all the idiot lights are on,
> and get to the side of the road. Candi says it looks like I had a blow out,
> but all of the tires have air; I know better. Starter just spins, so I put
> the car in gear and try to roll it. Frozen solid. Open the hood and poke
> around. Well the big end of the #4 rod is poking out of the side of the
> block...again mind you, I have a whole 700 miles on this engine, and B: we
> were on the way to deliver it to its new owner... A flat bed ride home is
> quoted at $3 per mile, (as in almost $400 total). Storage is only $5 per
> day, so she is having a sleep over for the week in Dunsmuir. Next Tuesday I
> get to borrow a truck and trailer to go fetch her.
> I talked to the buyer, very understanding guy, thank God. He is still
> interested, so long as I fix it, but was willing to bow out if I needed to
> sell it for more when all is said and done. Looks like I'll be rebuilding
> the spare short block that's out in the garage.
> Could have been worse...
>
> David Riker
> 63 Falcon
> 70 Torino
> 74 Midget
> 77 Midget :(
> 98 Accord
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