Finally returned from my business trip to Toronto at 3am today. The '82 started acting strange after hitting those speed bumps they call seams on the Thruway. The engine shut off around exit 48 (the same location that my Solara engine blew, happy memories!). This time I got out, tapped, wiggled and poked around in the engine bay. She started after that and made it to Towne BMW in Williamsville. Fuel delivery issue, so I figured that the fuel filter (old and who-knows when it was changed) had sucked up enough bad gas and was either failing or starving the pump for gas.
Tom Antoniadis, Andy Ucci and Mark Huber helped me by not only locating a new fuel filter (and clamps!) but getting the '82 on the rack and installing it in under an hour. Kudos to those guys for helping out a Legionnaire and getting me on my way to Toronto! About 2 blocks from the meeting, the same thing happens! Not the fuel filter, but good that there's a new one anyway.
Gremlins. Let's see: 1) hazard switch is working, fixed that last week. 2) check dizzy and afm, no all is well and sealed there. 3) check for leaks in fuel lines, no but I do need some new fuel line clips! 4) check grounds, nope all seem good. 5) frayed wires? nope. Okay, whats' going on?
Bad gas? Don't think so. I stop into a Canandian Tire at midnight and poke around in the engine bay again. I pull the fuse box cover to discover a bit of busted-off fuse metal wedged in one circuit and able to move and touch another circuit. Short! The two circuits? Well, it's the Nebelscheinwerfer and Kraftsoffpumpe circuits of course! HUH? Okay, it's the fog lights and FUEL PUMP circuits! YOW! The bumps managed to move that bit of metal to bridge these two connections and short out the fuel pump! NO fuel!
After driving like a granny all the way back from Toronto, the '82 did just fine once that little bit of metal was pulled out.
Whew!!
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