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Subject:Re: Pools of fuel
From:Gerald Skerbitz
Date:Thu, 15 Jun 1995 11:37:27 -0500 (CDT)

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>From SStueber@aol.com  Thu Jun 15 11:14:42 1995
>Date: Thu, 15 Jun 1995 12:14:42 -0400
>From: SStueber@aol.com
>Subject: Re: Pools of fuel

>also made me 
 >wonder if, in the event of fuel pump failure, the inlet and >outlet lines
> couldn't just be hooked together and the bus be driven ><limping, perhaps>
> with a gravity fed fuel supply to a source of spare parts and >repairs. Has
> anybody tried this?

I've never tried it, but I had the exact same thought when I read the fuel
pump fiasco yesterday.  I bet it would work, but I hope I never have to find
out first hand.

Sean Stueber
Albuquerque, NM