Re: [T3] sac. bug-o-rama

[Brian <vwfye@frontiernet.net>]

<x-flowed>alex,
thats for the kind words!  toby and i rolled into myrtle creek at 3:00am 
after having a type 3 dinner and leaving Sac at 7ish...  8 hours for 412 
miles sucked, but we had an excuse!  the gex motor was running warm the 
whole time (found it to be missing the lower t3 cylinder tins: remember, 
this was a 'turnkey' motor), but it managed keep moving along... until 
just north of redding.   we hit rain!  a hot motors best friend, i was 
excited, and then the car started runnning like CRAP!  we pulled over to 
let things cool a bit, hoped to just get to the next town and take a 
long wait.  well anyway, after a few minutes in the mist, we started 
back up, and then toby's car had sympathy pains or something and the 
electrical shut down.  they, just as quickly powered back up and gave 
him no other issues.  well, back to the running like crap issue.  engine 
is cooler but...no change, so we pulled off under a lit freeway 
underpass and i started pulling the carb jets.  BINGO!!!  one of my main 
jets had a piece of rubber in it... time for new fuel line.  after 
addressing that issue, the car ran great!  still a bit warm, but it 
powered up all the hills, mountains and passes.  the trip started to 
slow again as we were both bleary-eyed from a long day, big breakfast 
for dinner (hey hal, how did the shake and gravey sit?) and the miles 
and miles of miles and miles...  it was great to see several berg 
cruisers; several invasion participants; the vw paradise dragster do a 
6.69 at 200mph completely out of the groove; and the doug harvey turbo 
fastback make an 89 second, 168mph pass down the 1/4 mile!   toby just 
woke from the dead, and after a bit of checking his car over he will 
probably finish the last 200 miles of his trek.  

--
Brian Fye  http://www.geocities.com/menacefye
1964 Notchback Speedster w/ 2332cc -- driven whenever possible
1964 Notchback 1904cc w/alternator -- the daily smile
1973 Squareback:  no motor  -- the redo



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