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Hunkering down for winter ... how about your truck?
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Are we even aloud to say "A blonde moment" anymore? Anyway, that best describes what I had. I have a new project truck. Finally got it running after sitting for over 20 years. It was only firing on 5 cylinders. I thought I had a stuck valve. After trying everything to get the valve to loosen up I pulled the head. The exhaust valve head was broken off of the #1 cylinder. After replacing the valve, the distributor with an OEM 1953 one and a rebuild of the carburetor I was ready to test drive it. I discovered the timing still needed some dialing in. As I was pulling back into the driveway the truck just stopped. After several attempts to start it I was able to determine it was not getting an gas. I could squirt a little in the carburetor and it would try to start. i could see there was no gas in the fuel filter. I did not mention that I had installed a new fuel pump that lasted almost no time before failing. I am on my second new fuel pump. I immediately started thinking the second fuel pump had now failed. Here is the blonde moment. I was out of gas. It is funny how at least my tendency is to go to the worse possible scenario before checking the obvious one first.
Last edited by dgrinnan; Thu Nov 03 2022 01:56 PM.
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Yep, I can empathize. I did a tune up on my old 55.1 panel years ago. I filled the tank and drove & drove and the gauge stayed on full. I was thinking that I should have done the tune up earlier if it made that much difference in gas mileage. One afternoon the truck stalled about two miles outside of town. After some digging I discovered I was out of gas, the wire had fallen off of the sending unit. 
Save a life, adopt a senior shelter pet.
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You're not the first or the last.
1966 C-10 Step Side. 283, 4spd, 3.73 gear. 60K miles prior to restoration. 507 Paint Code. Currently in 10,000 pieces.
Transmission is done! Rear Suspension is done! Wheels are done! Bed bodywork is done! Soon to order a 383 crate.
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I was in my teens and changing oil. Forgot the drain plug and started pouring in oil. After several quarts, pulled the dipstick and no oil on it.
Dad walked by, laughed and pointed at the oil under the van.
DUH!
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The hair coming out of my ears is sorta blonde. More white than blonde. So no, I can't say that I have ever had a blonde moment...
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Gray is the new blond Carl!
Don
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I call my gray/white hair 'Arctic Blonde'.
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As a natural blonde (well, when I was younger .... I'm with Rusty now as an "arctic Blonde") being the grandson of Swedish immigrants, I rather take offense at Blonde Jokes. And considering as how *I* am the one with THE (and only, I might add) finger on the "Ban Button" of this here web site ... ... YOU all might consider taking that under advisement prior to making anymore "Blonde" jokes ... Just sayin'  Blonde Lives Matter
John
"If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went."
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John, I thought blonde was feminine and blond was for guys.
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