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Some times being a mechanic really sucks!!! Ok now I'm complaining!
This is time to really hate my own personal vehicle, and just the forum to do it. I'm sure we all have had a hammer in our hands and looked at a car at one time or another and said to the car @#*^@ YOU!! I've been close to wailing away on a car or two myself. 
The other day.......I was driving down the road (minding my own business) and my 96 regal started to loose power, (I was thinking..you piece of junk what now?) I looked at the gas gage and it read 1/8. Hmm? The kids said " why you stopping?" I said (out loud) "something's wrong with the car".( in my head was something worth NOT repeating) My oldest daughter, Jessie said " you're a great mechanic dad". 
In my head I said ........." 
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So we walked 1/2 mile to a gas station and we bought a junk gas can for NINE DOLLARS! (that's U.S. dollars) When I tried to start it I got worried....it cranked too long. we made a couple stops and every time it had an extended crank. I guessed that the fuel pump may be done...it feels a little sluggish on acceleration too.
You ever get that sinking feeling inside when you are driving and you know something is about to go terribly wrong with your car? Well, that's the feeling I had and I was relieved when we finally made it home.
I pulled the gas tank out that night at home (pain in the butt, on jack stands) very rusty, for those of you from different parts of the country, Michigan is the heart of the rust belt this just sucks!
I pulled the fuel pump out.............sugar in my tank
I let my mother in-law use my car a short time ago for a couple of days, 
( free loaner car thanks to me)
some kids in her area vandalized a bunch of cars.
Well, I got it back together last night ( cut into my computer time though)
new fuel pump, meter, strainer, & filter. I had tank flushed out at radiator shop.
The guy that flushed it said, (he's a Michigan hillbilly) "there was enough sugar in there to make a pie" src="http://www.thebluegorilla.com/style_emoticons/default/blink.gif" border="0" />
parts $350
labor free
posting about it here.....priceless
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