OK - this is minor, but how do you guys hold the nozzel when putting fuel in your car? It takes a very long time because the gas come out. Is there a special way to hold the nozzel to better align with the tank?
I have always had to go "half throttle" when filling, and wait to hear the "gurgle", or else it comes shooting out in my face.
I tried pointing the nozzle every which way, and it didn't seem to matter.
I wondered if there was some sort of design change to fuel pumps in the last 15 or so years. I do not ever remember this happening with the 'birds I owned back in the 70's and 80's...
I used to be indecisive. Now I'm not sure. I feel like I am diagonally parked in a parallel universe. 1968 400 convertible (Scarlet) 1976 T/A - 455 LE (No Burt) 1976 T/A New baby, starting full restoration. 1968 350 - 4 speed 'vert - 400 clone (the Beast!) 1968 350 convertible - Wife's car now- 400 clone (Aleutian Blue) (Blue Angel) 2008 Durango - DD 2008 GXP - New one from NH is AWESOME! 2017 Durango Citadel - Modern is nice! HEMI is amazing! 1998 Silverado Z71 - Father-daughter project 1968 400 coupe - R/A clone (Blue Pearl) (sold) 1967 326 convertible - Sold 1980 T/A SE Bandit - Sold
Most of my younger days were spent pumping gas; back in the day they were called Service Stations. Once you take a petrol bath, you learn never stand behind the delivery nozzle of a gas pump while it's in a fill neck. Always stand to the side. That way if you do get blow back, your hand just gets soaked.
The '69's fuel filler is different. I don't have that problem of finding the right spot or speed for fuel delivery. But I do get a little blow back when I'm not paying attention to the sound of the tank filling.
One summer I was sorta interning at a large landfill. We had to move the huge diesel tank to the new level. An idiot co-worker of mine forgot to close the main shut-off valve at the tank before we uncoupled the hose.
Since I was a temp employee, I did not get a uniform, so no locker and no change of clothes.
I will NEVER own a diesel pickup. The smell still turns my stomach.
2012 Mustang Boss 302 #1918, Competition Orange. FGF replacement 2006 Mustang V6 Pony, Vista Blue. Factory ordered. 2019 BMW X3 (Titled to the wife, but I'm always driving it for her. So I'm claiming it) Old projects, gone but not forgotten: 1967 FB 400, original CA car. After 22 years of work, trashed by the guy who was supposed to paint it. I had to sell it. 1980 Turbo Trans Am 1970 Mustang fastback, 351C 4Bbl, auto 1988 Mustang GT, 5 speed 1983 F-150 4x4, built 302 1994 Chevy K2500 HD 4x4, 454 TBI
My former job at UPS was car wash/pre-load. Part of my day (night) was washing and fueling the package cars as we call'em, the other part was loading them.
A fellow car washer was filling one of the diesel package cars and took a bath. He had to take himself out of service and head for home. The blow back covered him from waist high on down. Boy he stunk! He had to drive home with no pants on.
Through the years, I have found it depends, and it has always been present since the death of leaded gas. Yep, I use to pump leaded in it cause you boys in TX were one of the last states in the union to ditch leaded gas.
Anyway, the thing that has seemed to work the best for me is to fish it in and out some, keeping upward pressure, forcing the nozzle tip down. I have also ran into particular pumps that just won't pump, but the one beside it works; solution is not to use that particular pump.
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