DeTomaso Mailing List: March 1997, Message #156
     



From: "Ted A. Mitchell" <tmitch@gte.net>

Subject: Re: Fill 'er up (1st series)

Date: Thu, 20 Mar 1997 17:22:13 -0800



Andy,



There was an article in either PI or POCA about this many, many years ago.

As I recall, it suggested you carry a short piece of large heavy vinyl (or

rubber, but I don't think so) tubing (I don't remember the diameter, you'll

have to experiment).  You push this up on the gas pump nozzle (depressing

the sleeve) and put the other end into your tank.



Ted

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> From: Andy Poling <andy@realbig.com>

> To: detomaso@wgate.com

> Subject: Fill 'er up (1st series)

> Date: Thursday, March 20, 1997 4:24 PM

>

> As I just discovered the other day, new owners of "first series" (pre-L)

> Panteras in the U.S. must keep a wary eye on the fuel gauge.

>

> Because of the dastardly under-bonnet location of the fuel filler, you

may

> find that the pumps at the first gas station you come to will refuse to

pump

> gas into your tank... if they have a certain type of pump nozzle.

>

> Some of the stations here on the East Coast have a rubber spring-loaded

> bellows-like rubber hose over the actual pump nozzle (E.P.A. mandated

vapor

> recovery), and if that outer hose isn't happy with how it's pressed

against

> your filler the pump will refuse to pump gas.  I spent about 20 minutes

> nursing 4 gallons of gas into the tank when I occasionally managed to get

> the pump to veeerrry sloooowly pump gas.

>

> >From now on, when I pull into a gas station and see those kinds of

nozzles,

> I'm just going to nod sagely and motor off to find a station with more

> friendly nozzles...

>

> -Andy

>

> PS - Pretty much everybody seems convinced that my speedo problem is

> actually the speedo cable in need of lube.  I'm not so sure, since Alan

says

> he replaced it (it was broken) before selling the car to me.  I'm going

to

> try lubing the cable, but I have to wonder if the speedo isn't faulty and

> that's how the previous cable got trashed.  For now, I've disconnected

the

> cable from the transaxle until I can get ahold of the proper lube.

>

> 72 Pantera: power             91 Miata: quickness              96 A4Q:

traction

>                             84 RZ350: all the above