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Originally Posted by Dick Boneske
This car was parked for about seven years, and it seems that everything is failing. Immediately after being started for the first time, the carb kept running out of gas. The fuel filter on the carb was plugged from debris in the gas tank. I replaced the filter and still the pump would not keep up. I replaced it with a new one. Then, the water pump seal started leaking. A new water pump fixed that. Then, the new fuel pump failed again.
I don't plan to take any long trips--beyond walking distance--until this car gets a little more reliable.
It does not pay to store a car in this climate. I think it's harder on them than driving them.
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Dick B. I once had a '78 Grand Am that I thought the fuel pump was going bad on. A short time after I replaced it, I discovered that a section of rubber fuel line near the gas tank had dry rotted from being too close to one of the tail pipes where it bends over the axle housing.
It had been letting the gas drain back from the fuel pump so that it would loose it's prime.
We just picked up a relatives '67 Malibu from LaCrosse. The body is real nice, but the frame and suspension are rusted heavy. This thing's got only 77,000 miles, and has been kept in a garage for most of it's life. Been sitting for most of the last twenty years or so. Now it's going to need a frame off.
