Re: [Chrysler300] Brute Bunders

[Gary Barker <gbarker@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for the story Gary.  Its little things like that we don't notice 
on a quick inspection.   I was a Fire Chief for 15 years and got to see 
a lot on vehicles burn up.  When investigating the cause of the fires  
especial motor homes  was the rubber hoses on the pressure side of the 
fuel pump to the carburetor.   I have since converted all of my vehicles 
to solid steel lines on the pressure side and the filter goes on the 
suction side.  If the rubber hose starts to leak it just starts sucking 
air and the car just gradually starts starving for fuel but no fires.  
Now if you have electric fuel pump. " Check you fuel lines more often."
          Just my way of doing things, but no fires so far.            
Gary Barker

Gary Holm wrote:

>A very dangerous thing happened to me on way to a ALL MOPAR show in Eugene OR. last weekend,  and I thought I would share with all of you. True confession, if you will. I spent many hours cleaning and detailling, preshow stuff that we all do, plus checking under the hood  tweaking thing getting ready for a 300 mile round trip to this show  Any way, just out of Cottagegrove, about 10 miles south , "Gerty" was running fine .I sudden ly smelled gas and I suspected the fuel pump was going out. Even tho I was on I 5 there no good pull offs, so I kept looking for a flat and level spot .About a mile or so I was sputtering and found a spot wide enough to pull off. Opened up the hood and found fuel splattered all down the right side and on the exaust manifold. Thanking God that I didn't blow up or burn. AAA tow got me to my son-in law's and while changing the fuel pump, I found that the 5/16 fuel line from the fuel pump. to the fuel filter had split between the connectors and was not the fuel pump after all.Lesson to learn.. All of this was new less than 4,000 miles at the rebuild, but I had a slight curve in the rubber hose which caused this to cut  the the line. This pumped 10 gal. gas out and blew it out in less than a mile. I straighted this line out up to the line feeding the carbs. and installed a mallable strap from the alt. bracket and to the metal fuel line to support it from vibrating, and I will put new hoses every time I replace the filter! If this keeps only one other 300 owner from the near miss, it is worth admitting to a Brute Blunder.Maybe we should start a list of BLUNDERS!!        Gary  BIG "G"    P.S.  It was worth it all as I won 1st in convt. and best pick by MOPAR club!!
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