For the first time since the meet I saw the Reverend last night .....well, I've had nothing to confess , no guidance has been sought ....so anyway he fronts at the door last night. Great moustache, just right for the first world war.....
We had a cup of tea as I coaxed him toward the shed. I mumbled something about how I want him to model a "hot-rod" style plaque that we can make out of some boiled down cheesium( that's the stuff they make manifolds out of , come on)....so we get out to the shed ..."have you started it yet"?...."na , gave it a crack last week but the pump doesn't sound like it's working..."...... so we gave it a few cranks and sure enough it didn't fire nor did it sound like the fuel pump was working....., so it sat there for a while with the ignition on as we undid the fueltank......just as we started to lift the fuel tank I could feel warmth....." that's weird I thought, has he been hanging onto the fuel line?" ....no , the fuel pump is stuffed , goosed , rooted, kaput, .....it makes heat but she no longer do the pump....... It was brand new about , er , twenty five miles ago.The filter sits between the (new) aluminium tank and the pump but it seems that the detritus from the tank still monstered the pump......it wasn't a cheap one
I'm thinking there's a few wise old heads right now saying to themselves " yeah well you'll get that...." and yer right , so out ya come share your fuel pump expertise and tell me should I ditch the alloy tank and make a stainless one? should we have two filters? , how do you stop your pump from cavitating?.............
anyway,the news is that when I spoke to Grumm this afternoon he said " yeah , I've got the video footage from inside the car( which the Rev and I had forgotten about ) it's really nicely framed and captures the whole last run perfectly....the motor dieing , the Rev getting out and nearly breaking off the canopy, then walking off toward the island when he'd got lost and the motor wouldn't start again..." .
....boy am I dieing to see that!!!