[DeTomaso] #6143 is on the road!!

[Dave Londry]

I missed this part of the message.

Sounds like the fuel tank will have to come out also.
Maybe it's been sucked flat or something.
Maybe the rest of MikeD's paisley bedspread is in there.
dave

Dave Londry wrote:
> Mike
> More clearly stated -  the filling station pump kept wanting to shutoff 
> from back-pressure.
>
> The fuel gauge was just at the empty mark at the same time the low fuel 
> switch was ready to come on when stationary.
> They are completely separate which makes me think it's true and 
> something really is cacked-up.
> tks
> dave
>
>
> Mike Thomas wrote:
>   
>> Tank holds 21 US gallons, the low fuel switch should come on with 2-3
>> gallons in the tank.  You might have a fuel sender issue.  Not sure what you
>> mean by an auto kick-off: is it an electric pump?
>> Mike 
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Dave Londry [mailto:davel at emspace.com] 
>> Sent: Monday, October 13, 2008 10:43 PM
>> To: DeTomaso Forum; Mike Thomas; Mike Thomas
>> Subject: #6143 is on the road!!
>>
>> After 8 months of this and that and more this and more that.
>> 6143 passed the province (state) safety last Friday and promptly flunked
>> emissions testing.
>>
>> That's OK for now, because I get to register it for a year anyway while I
>> locate on old-time Carter AFB guru.
>> ***Big celebration to follow***
>>
>> We put a couple of hundred miles on it Saturday and Sunday with no hint of a
>> problem.
>> Even my VW fan switch and adapter worked out fine (fans come on at about the
>> full-open point of the thermostat and go off at about 12 degrees below that)
>>
>> So my first question.
>> A fill, from the point at which the low-fuel switch was just sitting closed,
>> was about 12 US gal and I could barely keep the pump running (auto
>> kick-off).
>> Are those normal?
>>
>> tks
>> dave
>>
>> --
>> Dave Londry
>> Embedded Spaces Inc. (ESI)
>>