It's running nicely now, sort of.

Posted by Tom Still On 2013/9/15 18:20:51

The clutch transplant was a success so I took the Clipper on a celebratory drive. It ran nicely to various places where I showed it off a bit, ending at the local petrol emporium for a tank full of gas. Fifteen gallons later I was headed home. The trip home is North two blocks, East one block, North three blocks East to the end of the block. The trip went fine until the first right turn at which time it died and wouldn't start. Through the kindness of strangers we got it into the Stater Brothers parking lot. A quick check showed no fuel delivery so there it sat for two days. (An inconvenient emergency service call intervened.) I returned with my portable air tank and blew through the line from the pump to the tank. It started right up and drove up to the next right turn and stopped. More CPR got it back down my driveway where it remains now. I suspect the gas pump dislodged some debris in the tank that plugs the pickup tube on right turns. It would have been nice if it had showed up before I filled the tank. All I need now is ambition.
Progress is being made, Tom