Made it! (Part II)
Posted: Sun May 31, 2009 5:24 pm
Ho, ho, ho!
Yesterday afternoon, drove all the way from Dolgellau to Pembrokeshire in Betsy Blue, with my wife following on in convoy in the modern.
Got to within five miles of home, in Haverfordwest, and the engine died on me. Nothing, de nada. Mrs O asks what's happened... run out of juice, I said. You'll have to go home and get the petrol can from the garage, and come back to me with it... so off she toddles.
I have a think as she disappears. It can't have run out of fuel, I filled up in Dolgellau, after filling up in Uttoxter. It only cost me fifteen quid to top it up, so it can't drink that quickly, the distances are the same... lift the bonnet, nothing is steaming, or fallen off, not loose wires.... then BING! goes the bell in my head, as I remember Peetee's incident last week.
I switch the ignition on, and can't hear any clicking fuel pump, which I think I'm supposed to hear: so I smack the end of the fuel pump with my fist, listen for the clicking, and press the start button under the bonnet.
BINGO! We have lift-off again! Off I go, and get home before Mrs O, who has had the bright idea of not going home but buying can as well as petrol at nearby supermarket, and arriving back at break-down point to find me gone. She arrives five minutes after me!
Ho, ho, ho! Thanks to this messageboard, I know what to do, so thank you all!
The thing is, how do I prevent this happening in the future?
Yesterday afternoon, drove all the way from Dolgellau to Pembrokeshire in Betsy Blue, with my wife following on in convoy in the modern.
Got to within five miles of home, in Haverfordwest, and the engine died on me. Nothing, de nada. Mrs O asks what's happened... run out of juice, I said. You'll have to go home and get the petrol can from the garage, and come back to me with it... so off she toddles.
I have a think as she disappears. It can't have run out of fuel, I filled up in Dolgellau, after filling up in Uttoxter. It only cost me fifteen quid to top it up, so it can't drink that quickly, the distances are the same... lift the bonnet, nothing is steaming, or fallen off, not loose wires.... then BING! goes the bell in my head, as I remember Peetee's incident last week.
I switch the ignition on, and can't hear any clicking fuel pump, which I think I'm supposed to hear: so I smack the end of the fuel pump with my fist, listen for the clicking, and press the start button under the bonnet.
BINGO! We have lift-off again! Off I go, and get home before Mrs O, who has had the bright idea of not going home but buying can as well as petrol at nearby supermarket, and arriving back at break-down point to find me gone. She arrives five minutes after me!
Ho, ho, ho! Thanks to this messageboard, I know what to do, so thank you all!
The thing is, how do I prevent this happening in the future?
