View Single Post
Old May 26th, 2009, 08:31 PM   #6 (permalink)
Texascarnut
Geezer
 
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: So. Central Texas
Posts: 269
Quote:
Originally Posted by rocketraider View Post
Now if someone can just figure out why Oldsmobile liked to run rubber fuel lines thru the boxed part of the frame rails... and they did it on a lot of cars thru the years. I don't know which was worse, my Starfires or my Toronado.

Probably the factory air Starfire. Trying to pull supply and return lines thru that rear frame rail was one of the most exasperating jobs I've ever done, even using an electrician's snake.

I'd like to see the answer to that question myself. Made no sense whatsoever and on some years I'd call it just flat asking for a fire. It's like someone was totally brain dead and no one else cared to recognize that fact. I'm really surprised there were not some really terrible fires from that practice since there were no inertia cut-off switches and mechanical fuel pumps will keep pumping if the engine is turning over.

Last edited by Texascarnut; May 26th, 2009 at 08:34 PM..
Texascarnut is offline   Reply With Quote