chaparral2f
Active Member
i have been putting off pulling my instrument cluster out so I can fix the gas gauge, interior lights and clock. Well today I paid for it I ran my wagon out of gas and had to wait 1 hour to get a gas can. Really stupid!
Actually I have added fuel injection to my 383I always filled the Lincoln's before a drive, when we stopped at a gas station during a cruise and once home again just to be sure. At least you weren't in a fuel injected vehicle which you wouldn't have been able to restart until the Injectors were primed.
Has anyone bought a new gas can lately they are stupid and costly
I had a GF back in the 1970's that use to run out of gas all the time and her gas gauge worked. After the 2nd time I told her to call her Dad because I wasn't going to deal with her anymore.
Very true. The non vented gas jugs (it’s no can anymore) wheezes and glugs as it starves for vented air. We had an idiot deliver a brand new reach lift to China Lake NAWS and as I was one of the few with the badge to get on base guess who had to go fill er up. It took 45 minutes to put 15 gallons in and by the time I was done my arms were on fire. It might not sound that bad but keep in mind the last 5 gallons only took a few seconds when I stabbed that damnable jug !!!Another innovation thanks to the people's republic of California. Made gas cans a PIA so they do not vent all those unburned hydrocarbons into the atmosphere. www.ezpourspout.com makes a replacement spout that actually works with a screw on cap. These are not CARB compliant, so you probably can not buy in California. For the rest of us, it is a good way to get rid of the useless CARB spout. I bought several.
Dave
I always filled the Lincoln's before a drive, when we stopped at a gas station during a cruise and once home again just to be sure. At least you weren't in a fuel injected vehicle which you wouldn't have been able to restart until the Injectors were primed.
Actually I have added fuel injection to my 383
You could have offered to trade gas for ***.
Dave
Has anyone bought a new gas can lately they are stupid and costly
Yes we will be looking at garage sales for gas cans, i'm told you still can get Racing gas jugs with the correct spoutNope. Got a few extra cans at yard sales for a buck or 2 a piece...
To those not familiar with the Detroit area, this would have been a rough neighborhood even forty years ago. Here, I'll reference the movie "Grand Canyon"; when Kevin Kline's Mitsubishi breaks down in a similar situation.Lodge Fwy. at Wyoming
I can confirm this tendency: it happened to me (and other family members) while driving our 1966 Dart GT. At the time, I was at Van Dyke & 6 Mile Road (see above movie reference).A-body cars run out of gas while showing 1/8 tank