Re: [TR] TR4, Fuel pump,and Flagstaff

["Lee&John Howard" <leejohn7@gmail.com>]

Actually, I've tried that with no luck. I imagine the lever moved around as
I drove along a rough road to get the tools.
Thanks for the tip
John

On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 8:55 AM, Dennis Culligan <dctr6@optonline.net>wrote:

> "Lee&John Howard" wrote:****
>
> >snip****
>
> > the lever fell into the crankcase! ****
>
> ** **
>
> I dont know if the oil pans on the TR4 and TR6 are at all alike but when
> the fuel pump lever broke off and dropped into the pan on my TR6 at the VTR
> event in Rockford, IL (MANY years ago), while preparing to put the car up
> on ramps and drop the pan, someone (I think it was one R. John Lye)
> suggested getting a magnet on a stick and poking around through the drain
> hole.  We did that and the lever came right out! No pan drop, no new
> gasket, no problem. YMMV.****
>
> Dennis Culligan, Highland, NY / 1976 TR6 CF57948U  ****
>
>  ****

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