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echo: alaska_chat
to: STEVEN HORN
from: JIM WELLER
date: 2004-02-17 22:24:00
subject: The best for the season

-=> Quoting Steven Horn to Jim Weller <=-

 JW> I actually prefer the old fashioned carbs to fuel injection. If you
 JW> flooded them you could try again an hour later without a $200 tow
 JW> and repair bill. And you could always start them when it was cold
 JW> with a whiff of ether!

 SH> I've never had the $200 tow and repair bill and have been driving
 SH> fuel-injected cars in the North since since 1990.

I have twice. From trying to start them when it was too cold out and I
had neglected to plug in.

 SH> As for ether, did you ever see a backfire through the carb?

Yep. Exciting stuff! (And probably quite hard on the vehicle.)



Cheers,

Jim



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