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Thursday, July 23, 2009

Fuel Pump

to follow up from my last, it was in fact the fuel pump for the series of stalls my Bullitt was suffering from. Since receiving her back from the Ford Dealership, I have not had any further stalls. Mind you, it hasn't quite been a week yet, so I am not out of the woods yet. I hope that this will be the fix. I don't want to have to impose the, "three strikes," stipulation in the Calif Lemon Law regs. I have never been in love with a car like I am with the Green Goblin and hope to have her around for many, many more miles to come. I will keep you updated.

To Speed. . .

Friday, July 10, 2009

Narrowing it Down

It happened again; the stall. My Bullitt died out on me again a couple of times a few weeks ago. Once on a side street and then once on the 91 Fwy in the middle of traffic. Both times, I waited a few minutes and she restarted, felt like she blew some clog out of the injectors and started right back up. The next day I took the Goblin to the dealer I have been dealing with for quite some time. I had taken her there prior and they could find nothing wrong. This time they kept her for over a week, made some repairs to some wiring, which was not grounded properly and installed a, "Black Box," in her. The box is a flat, square box, with a cord and joy stick attached to it. I was instructed that when she died out I was to just click the button on the joystick and the box would record exactly what the engine was doing at that exact moment. Then, when I took her in to the dealer, they would download the stall info onto a computer and transmit it to Dearborn, MI. There, the powers that be, would diagnose the problem and submit a solution. Well, for one week no stalling, she was running like a champ. Then, on the 4th of July, as I was about to take my daughter to her Aunt's for dinner and fireworks, the most unexpected thing happened, or should I say, did not happen. She wouldn't even turn over. The engined cranked, but no spark. Immediately, I had roadside service tow her to the dealer, where, after five days of examination, they found that the fuel pump and fuel lines needed to be replaced. In addition, for good measure, they also dropped the fuel tank and gave that a once over, without finding any thing wrong.

I am hoping that second time is a charm, cause if we experience a 3rd time, then the Calif. Lemon Law comes into play and I take the Green Goblin back from whence she came. I hope it won't come to this, but there would be no other choice. I have seen very few other Bullitt owners complain of this particular problem, so I am hoping that it is just a glitch in the fuel pump/fuel line and not a production problem. I would hate to have gotten a nearly one-of-a-kind classic, that turns out to be practically an Edsel.

To Speed. . .