Brought it home.
Last week I put the fuel pump back together and had it running great. I drove it to work once, then my youngest son drove it to school & back a few times, then my eldest son drove it an hour south to my daughter's house on Saturday, but it died about a block from his destination. Hmmm. It sat there until Tuesday when he & I went down to do some troubleshooting; it would crank just fine and fire occasionally but just wouldn't stay running. We checked the fuel pump relay and the pump -- both tested fine and seemed to be doing their respective jobs. I changed the fuel filter just in case all the futzing around had dislodged some crap that ended up plugging it up. Checked for spark and found that the distributor cap had a crack in it, so I swapped in my spare from the trunk kit. Still wouldn't start. Crap. So we headed home.
About half way back I had an epiphany & asked my son if he had put gas in the car. Nope. The gas gauge showed it was nearly full, so he didn't bother. Crap crap. I had glanced at the fuel gauge when I first tried starting the car and
assumed he had put gas in it. The tank appeared to be about half full when I put the pump back in it, and when I drove it on Monday had noticed the gauge showed about 3/4 full, but didn't think much of it because the gauge (or rather the fuel level sending unit) would stick once in a while. The tank had run dry on his trip to Vermillion while the gauge showed full.
So today my youngest son & I drove down there with a gallon gas can; it started on the first try after I put about a half-gallon in the tank.
Anybody got a working fuel level sending unit for sale?
