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Old Apr 17, 2022 | 10:46 PM
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Hekga is a lucky boy..
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Old Apr 18, 2022 | 07:29 AM
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Originally Posted by Speedy007
Honestly I used the red horse black nylon /steel braided stuff …super tuff to either cut or wear out …
Thx speedy ill look into it.
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Old Apr 18, 2022 | 07:32 AM
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You got lucky...It could have ended like this.
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Old Apr 18, 2022 | 09:55 AM
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Well i was invited to GRINDER's 11 house saturday to meet him for the first. So we started talking and he took over the conversion how **** he is working on cars. We were standing in front of my car and we smelled gas. At this time i had to go to the washroom and he said have a sit and watch some tv this won't take long ill look at it and if something needs tweaking ill take care of it. I said ok. So he camein and we started to bullshit about cars but he was acting funny..Anyway it was time to go home. He said he tweaked a fitting that was lose. I thanked him and started the car and there was still gas smell. He said don't worry about it, it will evaporate. I said ok and nice meeting u and off i went for my journey back home. Couple hundred mile. I also keep track of how many mile per gallon i get. So started to fill up and noticed a stronger than usual gas smell but a worte off because of gas station. I did my calculation and i was getting 25 miles to the gallon less. I was confused. But anyway got home parked it in the garage and still smelled gas. I didn't have my glasses on but i opened the hood and didn't see anything out of the normal. Got my glasses on started the car and went to look and this is how he fixed it.

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Helga, you've GOT to quit drinking!! I only cuss like that when working on my own stuff, NOT yours!!!
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Old Apr 18, 2022 | 10:29 AM
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Helga, you've GOT to quit drinking!! I only cuss like that when working on my own stuff, NOT yours!!!
OK guys and gals. I was messing with grinder. The Truth is i checked everything everybody suggest with no luck. i appreciate everybody who contributed.

Ive had it and the wife also me being in a bad mood. She got sick of me beating the hell out of our dog to release stress. Ok here was my plan. I drilled into the gas line by the ALT thing ing it will catch on fire and to my surprise it didn't. Then my wife was going to hit me with her truck that has a huge protect aftermarket truck guard
in that area so it will look like the accident caused the fire and burned the car down for insauce pay off.
To my surprise the atl did not start the fire. Couldn't get myself to lite it. There was way way way to much history between us. I used to be a liter drinker of vodka a day for many yrs (sober for 15yrs}. When i pulled the engine and instated i had no help, i did it all myself. I had the car outside in the summer with temps in the high 90s. All my drinking i blacked out everyday, used to pass out on the engine. When i woke up **** was done that i don't remember. It took a little bit every time to fine bolts and what i have done. One time i woke out in the hospital because a neighbor saw me lying on my engine. She came over and checked my pulse and could not fine one ,it was so faint. Blood alcohol .56 Thats not a miss print. When i started to wake up the nurse call 4 neurosurgeon. They though i fried my brain. They asked me questions and i answered then no problem. I told they im out here . I was craving a drink so bad. So what im getting at is my higher power stepped, because i was acting stupid. So the wife went out and bought a mature pit ball to protect my dog and her. Can u tell i have time on my hands.22yr this ******* car sucked my blood and sole.

But, when i drive it all the bullshit melts away.

Can u tell im bored
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Just fix it … .
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This thread is getting weird.


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Old Apr 22, 2022 | 05:51 PM
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Old Apr 22, 2022 | 06:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Old School
That should take care of your battery drain issue . . . that and a match
Funny u said that. I was coming on here for an update. Gas line is fixed. Got lucky bought a new gas line all set up from a garge sale down the street.
. it was a plug and play. maybe my luck i changing. NOT that's a different thread. on what happen next me.


Im going to update the drain issues for the last time.

Just showing the different gas lines.
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Old Apr 22, 2022 | 09:46 PM
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Originally Posted by helga203
I was coming on here for an update. Gas line is fixed.

Congrats on fixing that geyser of a leak.
But I must ask...What the hell is going on in this picture?
You got wires running in 50 different ways, do hickey's that I don't know what they are or what they do and a zip tie for a hose clamp? What tha?



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Old Apr 22, 2022 | 10:24 PM
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This thread was a wild ride.
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Old Apr 22, 2022 | 10:26 PM
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Originally Posted by hron61
Congrats on fixing that geyser of a leak.
But I must ask...What the hell is going on in this picture?
You got wires running in 50 different ways, do hickey's that I don't know what they are or what they do and a zip tie for a hose clamp? What tha?


I knew someone was going to mention that. This car has been apart more time then i can count. In the beginning i was always neat and clean but that gets old, takes way to much time. So know where the hoses and wires land that's where they stay ,no more making things neat and clean. This engine is way past do, pumping over a 1000hp with around 65k so the time is coming once this guy lets go. Back to neat and clean. But who knows. Time will till. I cant stop laughing. This is a good way to let this thread go.
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Old Apr 24, 2022 | 03:51 PM
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I like that you took the time to make a video instead of shutting the car off immediately.
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Old Apr 24, 2022 | 04:54 PM
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I like that you took the time to make a video instead of shutting the car off immediately.
I figue kill 2 birds with 1 stone. The video and clean my alternator.
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Old Apr 24, 2022 | 04:56 PM
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I still don’t think it puts down 1k hp
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Old Apr 25, 2022 | 10:31 AM
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Originally Posted by Speedy007
I still don’t think it puts down 1k hp
how could it ,for some reason my fuel psi drops like cazy.Trying to figure it out. you got any idea speedy.
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Old Apr 26, 2022 | 07:45 AM
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Thank goodness this was a fast fix.
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