Well, I finally managed some free time this afternoon. I got my truck started and brought it around out of the back yard. I topped up the fluids, found the current tags and went around the block a time or two.


Then I got real ambitious. I decided it was time to install the new fuel pump. My truck only has an electric pump. 2 years ago, the night before heading out of town on a road trip my fuel pump quit. It was 8:00 at night and I managed to grab a Holley electric impulse type pump from the local parts store right before it closed. I got it installed that night and made the road trip the next morning. Since then I've noticed that on long hills it would start cutting out. It felt like fuel starvation.
Las fall I spent the money and bought one of those nice Carter rotary pumps. I've had the thing sitting on the bench since September of last year. I decided that today was the day.


Long story short. When I started taking the Holley pump out I found a piece of rubber fuel line that had not one, but 2 kinks in it. I'm amazed the pump was able to pull any fuel through the line at all. When I installed the Holley pump I must have kinked the line and never noticed....oops.


I went ahead and installed the Carter fuel pump. I didn't get finished up as I didn't have one fitting that I need so I'll have to hit the parts store tomorrow.


I just hate it when I sabotage myself....lol

I hope everyone else was able to make some progress today


Bobby

 

HOLY SH*&T I'm not the only one ?

 

Don't feel bad Bobby, I'm rite at the top of the list when it comes to incidents of self sabotage. But as you have, I also post em. It just may help someone else from doing the same thing. I'm really glad all you have left between you and enjoying a nice ride is a fitting. Have wonderful day tomorrow.

 

Thanks guys.
I'm glad I'm not alone. Sometimes I just have to step back and laugh. Heck, most of this stuff I have to blame on the CO instead of the PO (Current Owner instead of Previous Owner).


I guess I'm not ever going to learn. I'm 52 years old and I'm still making these goofy mistakes, usually because I used some ingenious form of redneck engineering that I had every intention of going back and fixing correctly later on...LOL


Its all good
Bobby

 

Thanks for posting this Bobby. I know I sometimes sacrifice quality workmanship for the sake of getting something installed in a hurry.

Ive been going back over somethings that needed redoing, to make them right. I too replaced my fuel pump recently, fixed my bed boards around the gas filler in the box, got the horn button to fit the steering wheel, etc.

Tom

 

This is how my day started - Just needed a final block sanding before paint.


This is how my night ended...

 

That's real ugly, Bobby! Are there other parts of your truck that, "Just need a final block sand before paint"?

 

Oh my, That hood isn't a good sight, be grateful you found the problem prior to paint. Right about now I'm thinking Bobby is realizing, kinks in the fuel line are a blessing to fix.

BTclassics
I would be interested in knowing what if anything was used as a final wash prior to applying the primer and what type of primer that is. Im sorry that you'll have to take a few steps backwards but I'm sure when its done there will be a smile on your face for all to see, good luck.

 

This sounds like it would be a good come clean thread.

 

That's ok Bob I'm 70 and still doing the same dumb things I was doing 40 or 50 years ago. Some of us just never learn!!

 

Hey Tom (Tip49),
I gave up on the dxxx horn button fitting on the steering wheel...
Just ran a wire to a button on the dash....Now you fixed it in an afternoon....Grrr...
Ok... I'll go back & do it right! You are killing me over there...

Ben in Austin
1950 F1 (351W/AOD)

 

LOL... That's funny! I think we all do things half a$$ some times trying to get home. With the intent to doing it right when we our home and have all our tools, but it works, so when we get home we say it can wait... until we get the wild hair again to start fiddling with it again! Congrads on figuring it out.


We need some current pics... Last I saw it was in the corner and life was growing around it (was afraid it was going to become completely coved)...


It always seams that we take one step forward and two yards back...

 

The gray primer is an Omni 2k high build that was applied over paint that the prior owner did (1 stage Urethane - Hot Rod Flatz). The paint was sanded and cleaned before the primer. My intent was to just to straighten out some imperfections where the emblem/ trim holes were welded and repaint it. I thought that shooting the whole hood was better than just doing some spot repairs. It appears my primer stuck to the paint just fine. But it waited until the final coat of primer to interact with whatever red primer he used. I'm not sure why this happened but it has ruined the weekend. 3 days of work and hundreds of dollars wasted.

 

BTclassics, I think you have won the prize for the worst luck, at least for yesterday. But as usual, there is a silver lining to all this. I know it's probably hard to see when the wound is so fresh, but as mentioned above, at least it let go B4 you shot the final paint. I gasped when I saw your pics, like everyone else I'm sure, but don't let it get you down. You will get it done, and it will be BEAUTIFUL.

 

Bobby, somedays it is 1 step forward and 3 backwards. I really hate it when I have to take things apart that I already installed and thought were finished. But doing it right is worth the trouble. I finally got my vacuum wiper motor working correctly after removing it and reinstalling it several times. My fingers don't fit up in there very well. You take your victories where you can get them.