Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Fw: What are the odds of the GTB starting first time??? answer.... HiJacked to - Maybe we should all get a Honda [NFC]

[Martin Stark (mstark]

After getting 10 inches of snow in Boston-MetroWest it was time to awaken the Beast (36" 11hp tractor treaded Honda snowblower) who had rested quietly for almost a year in the garden shed.  Open the gas petcock, pull on the choke and the damn thing rumbled to life first try on year old gas.  Cleared 2500sf of driveway in 30 minutes at half throttle.  Sometimes it makes sense to buy a Honda.

On 1/1/2013 9:37 PM, Gavin Bedggood wrote:

Well today was the day......

Battery fully charged, 5 runs to the gas station and back over the past 6 days to get 6 litres of good high octane gas each time tp add to the tank...

 

Battery in..., water and tyres cheaked.

Turn the key and let the fuel pump run for a good 30 seconds or more...

Three pushes on the throttle....

Turn the key and it TRIED to start....

 

One more push on the throttle and turn the key for the second time and it fired right up!!

 

Just got back from covering 81 miles, some of it at 100mph. (I try and get at least one burst to 100 in each drive)

 

Ran without fault.

Now back to bed....

 

Gavin

'78 308 GTB, red/tan, rhd, dry sump, carbed, fully Euro spec, deap air damn, 16 inch Ferrari wheels

 

 

 

On Sun, Dec 23, 2012 at 1:59 PM, Gavin Bedggood <gavinnz [at] xtra.co.nz> wrote:

Well summers here in New Zealand and time to get the 308GTB out and about.

I got it road legal and the battery charged up;.... still got the cheak the tyres and oil water etc...

 

NOW... what odds do people think of it starting up first time I try????

It's been sitting for 9 months......

 

Raining today which is a bitch, so I will not be out today.

 

I still have to fix the drivers window that has come off it's tracks....

 

Regards

Gavin

 

 

_________________________________________________________________
To unsubscribe or modify your subscription options, please visit:
http://lists.ferrarilist.com/mailman/options/ferrari/mstark%40copper.net

Sponsored by BooyahMedia.com 
and F1 Headlines
http://www.F1Headlines.com/