kill switch, alarm & pedal lock & no doggies! also alarmed garage

 

Tell me more about that pedal lock...I haven't heard of that.

 

This was a reply I wrote about a battery problem that someone was having with a 1969 that was written in an earlier forum, his car would not start even after trying to jump it, the reason I though this was important was that (1) I am glad mine did not start and (2) I do not smoke! Please read: I am new to forum, but have a few years experiance with C3's, I had the same problem with a 1969 that I owned many years ago, after trying all the normal things that would fix this problem, I was ready to throw in the towel, but during this time of troubleshooting I kept smelling gas, turn out a float had stuck and the motor was full of gas. In later years I was telling my story to a seasoned restorer of vintage cars and he said he had only seen this happen once and it was a 1969 Corvette.

After finding my problem I drain all the gas out,changed oil filter and oil, removed all the spark plugs and put a few drops of 30w in the cylinders, then put a wrench on the crank and turn the motor a few turns by hand, then started and let idle. Also got rid of that Holley economizer carb.

Racin

 

That's such an odd problem, and on this single thread I have heard it happen to three different people. Maybe I'm the lucky one.

 

That's such an odd problem, and on this single thread I have heard it happen to three different people. Maybe I'm the lucky one.

 

I'll bet you have the cleanest engine in town!!

 

will post a pic of it tommorrow

 

Who me? I don't think so, but it's not bad.

 

Everything except the oil pump. If the car has sat for a week or more, I'd rather have it crank a little first to get the oil moving, rather than start dry right away.

 

Good call. That's another reason I have my fuel pump on a switch in the cabin. If it's sat all winter, I can shut it off and let it crank a little.

For everyday, summer kind of driving, I don't have to worry about the fuel seeping back down the lines, and waiting for the bolws to fill in the mornign when I start her back up. Usually it's a half turn affair.

 

haha, think of it as a free engine cleaning, If I remember right gasoline is a solvent (or maybe its diesel fuel) so it should break up any gunk you have in there. Def good plan though with re-flushing the oil. It's probably a good thing that it didnt turn over, i'd hate to be near that thing if it started with 6 gallons of gas in it lol.

 

I think the chances of it catching were slim. The spark plugs were completely submerged. They won't fire if the mixture is too rich, let alone under the surface of the gas as a liquid. Now, that's not to say that when the spark came out, and the gas flooded down the side of the engine, that a spark could have ignited your flamable Lake Meade. That would be a poor event, and would likely ruin your weekend.