NY-Bronco
Resident Dipstick
So there I was cruising around in my baby for no good reason. I just wanted to hear the engine and smell the fumes ;D I feel the need to do that several times a day. All of a sudden the engine just stops. Lucky for me it was right in front of a mechanics place.
I asked them to check it out and went for lunch. Ive been trolling the site to get to know all the systems in our beloved EB. It just so happens that the fuel system was quite fresh in my memory, and I had just made a list of all the parts with part numbers and pricing as well as where to get everything.
Now the horror. I get back from lunch about an hour later to find the hood still open and just about everything fuel related was removed from the car. The fuel pump some of the lines, the filters etc. I asked wtf happened? He just said we tested everything and your fuel pump is dead. We already ordered you another one and the part will cost $250. Well that sounded wrong to me. Busted out the list I had just made and looked at the price. Its a Carter 4070 and its 75 bucks. At this point I just did not believe anything he said anymore. I grabbed the pump and hooked it to the battery and it worked just fine. I reconnected it. Put the fuel lines back where they belong. Sucked on the pipe to prime it. Got a mouth full of gas. They guy says that the pump is no good. It has no pressure. I guess he has not worked on carburetor engines before. Hooked everything up and figured the only thing left that could be wrong is the damn oil pressure safety switch, which it was. I bypassed it and started the engine as usual.
Should have seen his face. He still did not want to let me go because he had ordered the fuel pump already. According to him its an "special industrial 24v high powered pump?" I needed to pay him 250 bucks plus 300 labor for taking my shit apart. 24v eh?
I tell you if the truck was not in the store I would have shot this man. In the short time I have spent with it, I have come to the point where if you mess with my truck you die
So I called my cop buddy who arrived 5 minutes later with his buddys who all happen to be hot rodders and watched while the crook tried to explain his way out of this situation. Dumb mofo. While the crook owner was not looking I gave the helper 40 bucks and was on my merry way.
All I can say is this. Thank you to all the experts on this site who provide such valuable information so that newbs like myself can learn and slowly be on our way to being self sufficient. You guys all ROCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I asked them to check it out and went for lunch. Ive been trolling the site to get to know all the systems in our beloved EB. It just so happens that the fuel system was quite fresh in my memory, and I had just made a list of all the parts with part numbers and pricing as well as where to get everything.
Now the horror. I get back from lunch about an hour later to find the hood still open and just about everything fuel related was removed from the car. The fuel pump some of the lines, the filters etc. I asked wtf happened? He just said we tested everything and your fuel pump is dead. We already ordered you another one and the part will cost $250. Well that sounded wrong to me. Busted out the list I had just made and looked at the price. Its a Carter 4070 and its 75 bucks. At this point I just did not believe anything he said anymore. I grabbed the pump and hooked it to the battery and it worked just fine. I reconnected it. Put the fuel lines back where they belong. Sucked on the pipe to prime it. Got a mouth full of gas. They guy says that the pump is no good. It has no pressure. I guess he has not worked on carburetor engines before. Hooked everything up and figured the only thing left that could be wrong is the damn oil pressure safety switch, which it was. I bypassed it and started the engine as usual.
Should have seen his face. He still did not want to let me go because he had ordered the fuel pump already. According to him its an "special industrial 24v high powered pump?" I needed to pay him 250 bucks plus 300 labor for taking my shit apart. 24v eh?
I tell you if the truck was not in the store I would have shot this man. In the short time I have spent with it, I have come to the point where if you mess with my truck you die
So I called my cop buddy who arrived 5 minutes later with his buddys who all happen to be hot rodders and watched while the crook tried to explain his way out of this situation. Dumb mofo. While the crook owner was not looking I gave the helper 40 bucks and was on my merry way.All I can say is this. Thank you to all the experts on this site who provide such valuable information so that newbs like myself can learn and slowly be on our way to being self sufficient. You guys all ROCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!
