12-16-2021, 11:10 AM
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Senior Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Meriden,
CT
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA 427 SC s/n 718, 428 FE
Posts: 1,731
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Quote:
Originally Posted by twobjshelbys
The one time my car failed on the road no tool kit would have helped. It died on I25 right smack in the middle of Denver. I suspected fuel pump. All the fuses were OK. I jiggled the fuel pump switch and it would start and run for a few seconds. Fuel pressure would be OK then drop. I watched the pressure as I jiggled the switch. Boom, came back. Held switch up a little and ran OK. Jammed a toothpick to hold it off dead spot and got home. Dang Lucas switches.
Or keep some toothpicks in your tool kit.
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I once changed out a fuel pump on my old '62 Chevy Impala in NYC.
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