Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:19:13 -0800
Reply-To: Chad Lyles <chad.lyles@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Chad Lyles <chad.lyles@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: WHAT JUST HAPPENED???
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Hello,
well as i announced this morning ...i passed DEQ and Hoppy is running
GREAT... i went and got my new tags at DMV and then went to the bank...(all
in hoppy) i was in the bank for 10 minutes came out and hoppy wouldnt
start... it would turn but not kick... checked the coil to see if i was
getting a fire...i was getting consistant fire. checked the fuel pump to see
if it was humming it was humming. every thing was as it should be... i could
smell gas so gas was moving and had just filled up this morning ...but no
VROOM...
i called the mechanic he was puzzled and said "just get it towed" (which i
was like, "yeah i am 30 miles from you and i cant pay load up and 3 bucks a
mile on that!") so i called the tow truck and i was packing my stuff up and
i thought hmm... i will try one more time... i put the pedal to the floor
and cranked up... huge puff of smoke and strong smell of gas then VROOOOM!!!
so back to my question: WHAT JUST HAPPENED????
would the fact that i was parked on a incline maybe have been the start of
this non starting? its never done that before... i am just frustrated to the
max right now. i cant afford to keep putting her in the shop every 2
days...is this some thing i should worry about or chalk it up to a fluke?
--
Chad~
84gl "Hop-a-long"
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