[AT] Drove into storm in W VA ,VA

Thu Jul 5 17:31:23 PDT 2012

I had thought about the fuel filter,and was at te parts store when they opened sunday morning . It was running till it would use about 6 gallons of gas ,then die . But it was extremely hot even when we got to GA . I did slip a chunk of foil under the fuel lines before we left for Florida . It ran great for the 250 some miles down to Jacksonville . We're staying with friends here then leaving sunday to head for home . I've got two cans of gas strapped to the back bumper to be on safe side and will be watching the gas gauge reaal close .  
 On tractor side we went to Saint Augustine today , saw an old 10m hp steam engine at the trolly depot . Did what I could to explain it to friends but I'm not real up on steam but they were impressed .Ivan  

---- Ken Knierim <ken.knierim at gmail.com> wrote: 
> Is it possible you picked some crud up in your fuel filter? And if it is
> vapor locking, I've had decent luck wrapping some tin foil around the fuel
> line several wraps thick as a heat shield and insulation. My Blazer had
> problems where the tailpipe was a bit too close to the gas line and this
> solved the problem for me.
> 
> Good luck!
> 
> Ken in AZ
> 
> 
> On Sun, Jul 1, 2012 at 11:47 AM, Larry Goss <rlgoss at insightbb.com> wrote:
> 
> > Yeah, you don't want to go back for at least a week, Ivan.  That storm has
> > been so devastating that it took out many of the news services, cell phone
> > services, etc.  There is no 911 service in the Washington DC area. AMtrac
> > has suspended all service between Union Station in New York and
> > Philadelphia.  The finally rescued the 250 (or so) passengers off an AMtrac
> > train in West Virginia after they had been stranded for 20 hours.  It even
> > shut down the entire "cloud" computer storage system for a while.  MAYBE by
> > July 4th things will start returning to normal.  Estimates range from 1.5
> > to 3 million customers without power.  Now, if you can just find a dry spot
> > to park your self-contained in the Jacksonville area.......
> >
> > Larry
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: ivancou at windstream.net
> > To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com
> > >
> > Sent: Sunday, July 1, 2012 7:11:58 AM
> > Subject: [AT] Drove into storm in W VA ,VA
> >
> > We are in route to jacksonville fl for a few days . We left PA yesterday
> > without checking mail or tv , and drove into this in west virginia .Couldnt
> > get to our campground in the Blue Rige mtn so pushed on . Made it as far as
> > Troutville VA were we were lucy enough to get a room . Having troubles with
> > the motorhome ,think its just vapor locking . Already ran out of gas twice,
> > had to use gas for the generator to limp to exit . Gas stations closed all
> > over ,either no poweror no gas .
> >   About another 75 miles and we should be out of the storm area from what
> > we've heard . Going to try to push on ,have reservations in GA . Hope to
> > hole up there for two days ,get the RV checked out before going farther .
> > As bad as damage is going north I dont think it wise to turn around .  Ivan
> >
> > ---- charlie hill <charliehill at embarqmail.com> wrote:
> > > Rob it's that way in a narrow streak across WVA and Virginia all the way
> > to
> > > Washington DC.  Last I heard DC was without power
> > > and some of the surrounding towns are saying they might be without power
> > for
> > > days.  Berkley Co. WVA was hit hard I hear.
> > > We are ok down here in Carolina.
> > >
> > > Charlie
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: rob wilson
> > > Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2012 1:18 AM
> > > To: at at lists.antique-tractor.com ; bvandragt at comcast.net
> > > Subject: [AT] Storm
> > >
> > > Living in Central Ohio has been pretty challenging the past 24 hours. The
> > > governor has declared a state of emergency due to the wind we had around
> > > 5:00 pm Friday. Gusts hit over 80 mph and right now there is over 500,000
> > > people without power and with temps in the 90s it has been trying for a
> > lot
> > > of folks. We are fortunate to have power losing it for a short time but
> > > that's it. We can use rain but not the wind. Generators are flying out
> > the
> > > door and restaurants are packed when they have power. I hope those that
> > were
> > > affected by this are getting better.
> > > Rob
> > >
> > >
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