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Subject:Re: fuel leak repair cost 1 penny
From:Horace K. Sawyer
Date:Tue, 18 May 1999 22:46:22 -0400

At 08:04 AM 5/17/99 -0400, ROBERT A COPICH wrote:
>Well as I was driving through rural PA my fuel rail broke sending gas all
>over the exhaust manifold. No help in sight. I removed the fuel rail made
>(of plastic) The end that broke must have been made of steel and rusted off.
>I noticed that the hole had the same diameter as a penny so....
>I jammed one in (found under floor mat) And used some 5 min epoxy to hold it
>fast.  It got me home!!!!  To be reaired permanently today.

        How the heck did it manage not to catch fire????

HK

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