yes, ive moved past the clogged fuel filter diagnosis - which is a
shame -

among its many symptoms it is backfiring after a long high rev
excercise - such as 3rd gear uphill - not always - and some moments it
runs like its old self. cleaned ground connecctions - ran abunch of
cleaner and drier through system - last thing to to try was buying
citgo gas as an act of good faith - who knows??? so far results
indicate no effect one way or another -
one suggestion was a clogged cat. converter - what causes this? i dont
know - and is it fixable without a new part? also i dont know.

anyway there it is - baffled me

On Oct 9, 2006, at 1:37 PM, Roger Sisler wrote:

A whining fuel pump is usually a symptom of fuel starvation by a plugged
filter.

"I long ago lost a hound, a bay horse, and a turtle dove, and am still
on their trail. Many are the travelers I have spoken to concerning
them, describing their tracks and what calls they answered to. I have
met one or two who had heard the hound, and the tramp of the horse, and
even seen the dove disappear behind a cloud, and they seemed as anxious
to recover them as if they had lost them themselves." - henry thoreau