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Luvlegs · 08-20-2007, 10:37 PM

I pulled the truck out into the yard the other morning to finish up cleaning/painting my wheels prior to getting new tires - for some reason, I felt I HAD TO open the hood while it was running just to make sure all was ok..don't ask me why, something just said to do it.

I looked it all over - running nice and smooth, I looked at the distributor hold down then over to the top of the fuel pump and SPLAT! The hose split open right while I was looking at it. I shut it off, grabbed a screwdriver (hose clamp on it from the PO) - pulled it off and realized, the level in the tank was higher than I could reach with the hose.... what to do, what to do.... I remembered I had a pair of side cutters in my pocket - snipped off the bad end and put back together..... just weird...... good timing but weird.

08-20-2007, 10:37 PM	#1
Luvlegs Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Smith Mountain Lake Virginia Posts: 1,537	I SAW it start!....right in front of my eyes.. I pulled the truck out into the yard the other morning to finish up cleaning/painting my wheels prior to getting new tires - for some reason, I felt I HAD TO open the hood while it was running just to make sure all was ok..don't ask me why, something just said to do it. I looked it all over - running nice and smooth, I looked at the distributor hold down then over to the top of the fuel pump and SPLAT! The hose split open right while I was looking at it. I shut it off, grabbed a screwdriver (hose clamp on it from the PO) - pulled it off and realized, the level in the tank was higher than I could reach with the hose.... what to do, what to do.... I remembered I had a pair of side cutters in my pocket - snipped off the bad end and put back together..... just weird...... good timing but weird. __________________ "A cat will almost always blink when hit between the eyes with a ball peen hammer" (you don't always have to state the obvious) Wear your PPE! You can eat with false teeth but you can't see with a false eye. 1959 Studebaker Silverhawk 350/400 1972 C10 L6 3OTT 2005 F350 - Built - whew!