Gotta Fess Up. Guilty Conscience...
I don't know what your opinion of GS roadside assistance is, but I sure had them chasing shadows. Last January, we took our 4x4 Chevy 2500 and FW on a local trip to do some fishing. When we got to o...
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Lessmore wrote:
We've all done things like that. I recall a buddy about 45 years ago on the side of the road. He was anxiously kicking over his motorcycle engine...a single cylinder.
I pulled over on my motorcycle. He said I can't get it to start and it has no compression. I looked at his engine, noticed the spark plug was on the ground. I screwed it back into the head, put the plug lead on, turned the ignition on, kicked started it and voila...the engine started.
But then I recall when I had my first motorcycle. I was 16 and knew everything. My motorcycle engine stopped suddenly. Couldn't get it started.
Pushed it home. When I got home I told my father, I think the engine may have seized...or maybe the points were worn...or it could of been that the magneto shut down.
He kept on saying...did you check the gas tank ? He said this about 4 times while I was 'diagnosing' the problem.
To humour him, I finally unscrewed the gas cap, took a flashlight and peered into the tank.
Not an ounce of gas.
:S :B Les
Kind of the same thing happened to my son.Except the question was "Did you go to the reserve tank?" His answer was "Reserve tank?"
This was over 30 years ago so I feel OK telling the story.
