[DMCForum] Re: 10989 is alive

["Josh Porter" <joshp1986@xxxxxxxxx>]

So Greg, When is the red bullet going to be on the road?

Josh


--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "timnagin" <timnagin@xxxx> wrote:
>
> Very cool, Josh!  Congratulations!  I am a bit jealous. :)
> 
> Greg
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
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> Of Josh Porter
> Sent: Saturday, October 29, 2005 11:53 PM
> To: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [DMCForum] 10989 is alive
> 
> This mostly for Lauren and those who care. Mike and I got my car to 
> run on it's own power today. Just the best day of the year! I was 
in 
> a state of extesy and trying to come up with some good comebacks so 
> right now I can't remember the exact stuff that we did and I know 
> that Mike will check this so he will be able to tell you more about 
> it.
> 
> The gas we got out of the tank looked like really strong coffee. We 
> tried to get my cousin to drink some saying that it was Dr. Pepper 
> but he was too smart to fall for it. We cleaned the tank and 
> installed a new pump. DMCH sold me the worng fitting washer thing 
> for the fuel pump and that is most likly the way that most of the 
> water got into the tank. We replaced those with some correct ones 
> and it looks much better. We flushed the whole system and man, it 
> was nasty. We replaced the fuel filter, which was interesting 
> because I'm used to it being right there and easy to get to and 
> replace. 
> 
> We aired up the tires because one of them only had 10psi in it and 
i 
> can't remember what the other three had but they were close to it.
> 
> After we got all the work done we hooked up the battery and started 
> the baby. It took a while but we got it to run on at least four 
> cylinders. When we started I think it was running on someting like 
> one or two. After it got warmed up a little it ran and idled 
> smoothly. No smoke either, we were both shoked.
> 
> It still needs a lot of work but at least the dangerous part is 
over 
> and I believe that I can take it from here. It still needs the 
> clutch to be looked at because I have no idea about clutches 
because 
> I've never delt with them. When I press down on the pedal it is 
> soft, I put some fluid in it and it helped some but still is too 
> soft. Mike said something about the pressure plate so next time we 
> are going to work on that. 
> 
> At least now I can say that it runs and I can go out and press the 
> gas and honk the horn. you gotta make sure the horn works, what's 
> the point in having a car that runs but no horn? ;)
> 
> I told Mike that I would have to hug him and he laughed, then I 
told 
> him that I love him and he said that was close enough. I had to 
> resort to the dog.
> 
> I can see the blue lights now :)
> 
> Josh
> 10989
>

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