Date: Mon, 6 May 1996 21:17:22 -0400 (EDT)
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From: sallad <sallad@nando.net>
Subject: today's adventure/what's wrong?
Today's adventure....I knew there was something wrong with my bus but
chose to drive it to school this morning anyways...well just after I got
off the highway, on the overpass(rock query rd) my bus stalled, after
watching all my friends drive by, many who recognized me,(how many brown
busses are there in that area), which not a single one stopped, I finally contacted my dad on the cellular. thank goodness i
had one with me, it was my first day to carry one...anyways, my dad came
and got my bus started again and I got to school and only missed part of
math and all of french...then again, on my way home, i pulled off the
highway, on to cary parkway, and again, my bus stalled...this time 2
police officers stopped and helped me push it into the grass, and finally
after a few hours, i was able to reach my mom, and she came and helped me
jump it...after going maybe 2 blocks, it stalled a third time, i was able
to let it coast down into a parking lot and left it until my dad could go
back and help me get it home...anyways...thats my adventure...
here's the symptoms of my bus...it keeps getting worse and worse as time goes by...as I am driving
along, minding my own bussiness, it decides to sorta jerk forward, sorta
like as if i were going over a bump, or doing a bad shifting job, this
was originally only on flat and up hills, and only right after i shifted,
but now it is doing it all the time...it is also not seeming to get
enough gas, and begins to go real slow, usually around 25,(i shift to
third at 20mph) i have figured out that usually it will begin working and
get power again, if i shift down...the guy i usually get help with on my bus said maybe the fuel line is getting to hot, or my
dad was thinking that maybe the fuel pump is going bad, either way,
anyone have any ideas to as what else it oculd be, and what can i do to
tell which thing it is that is causeing this?..Oh yeah, after letting my
bus sit for a while, the last time it stalled, like for an hour and a
half, it began again, but my dad did move the fuel line over a little
bit, and it started without having to jump it. Dallas
PS..I got 3 good things out of this, I learned that AAA takes forever, in
the 2 hours i sat on the side of the raod, they never showed up, even
with the cops who helped me push my car, radioed them, and 2.) I got to
miss french class, and 3) my bus was made famous on the local radio
station, my friends said that someone called in and sid it was stalled on
the side of the road, and they made fun of it, but hey, oh
well...anyways, thanks for letting me waste your space and time...
'71 ===========
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`-()----()-' "Honest, I'm not obsessed!<g>" Sallad@highway.wisenet.com
...temporarilly brown Raleigh, NC
until I paint it...
sky blue with clouds!
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