[SEL] Need Help on Stover Fuel Pump

[James Yost]

Paul,

ROFLMAO at your story. Sooooooooo glad you was not
injured. I am glad you said that was a spot on the
ceiling or I might of thought it was a spot on the
floor when it scared the ---- out of ya.

Jim

--- rdhaskell at juno.com wrote:

> Paul, that is the best laugh I have had in a couple
> of days.  Glad you
> were not in the path of the plunger, and no blood
> was sacrificed.
> 
> Ron Haskell
> rdhaskell at juno.com
> Riverside, California
> USA
>
http://albums.photo.epson.com/j/AlbumList?u=3009370&f=0
> 
> On Mon, 16 Oct 2006 17:11:18 -0500 "Paul Maples"
> <paulmaples at sbcglobal.net> writes:
> > Ok Francis, Ron, Tom, and Bo the grease gun trick
> worked great. A 
> > zerk 
> > fitting screwed perfectly into the intake of the
> fuel pump. Screwed 
> > the zerk 
> > in, put a plug in the discharge of the pump and
> then had to run to 
> > town to 
> > get a tube of grease, came back hooked up the gun
> and went to 
> > pumping. I 
> > pumped until I could pump no more then stopped and
> lit off the torch 
> > and 
> > gently began to heat the outside of the pump then
> all of a sudden it 
> > was 
> > teeth, hair, eyes and chittlins as an explosion
> typical of the 
> > Hiroshima 
> > Atom Bomb blast shook the shop and shrapnel (just
> the plunger, check 
> > ball, 
> > and spring) was flying everywhere. Here is the
> setup I used:
> > 
> >
>
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g36/wheelterrapin/StoverRebuild82.jpg
> > 
> > The plunger took off like a A-4 rocket and hit the
> top of the 
> > ceiling of the 
> > shop. See evidence:
> > 
> >
>
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g36/wheelterrapin/StoverRebuild81.jpg
> > 
> > I had to set down and calm my nerves as I have not
> been this pumped 
> > up since 
> > they were firing at me in Vietnam with a machine
> gun and then I 
> > pressed 
> > myself to the ground and looked like Gumby.
> > 
> > Thanks guys for the excellent tip. I will be
> posting a follow up 
> > message to 
> > this one in a few minutes as I think I am going to
> be needing some 
> > parts.
> > 
> > Paul
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Jim and Janna Yost
Utica, Ohio
USA
jnyost at yahoo.com

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