[GH85Carrera]

My MIL lives in Enid, OK 100 miles from our house. Over the decades I figure we have made the round trip to Enid over 100 times in the trusty El Camino. In 100+ heat and more icy or snowy trips than I wanted.

Anyway, on one trip home on Thanksgiving day, late in the afternoon as I hit the bump of a bridge going from the bridge to the highway, the Elky died and I coasted to a stop. It fired up, but did not run for long. I had filled up before we left, so I knew I had lots of gas. I figured it was a fuel pump issue. I had engineered and did the conversion to throttle body fuel injection long ago, and had the pump in the tank. No doubt the best upgrade or fix I ever did to the Elky was going to Fuel Injection. I have free towing on my insurance for $5 per month, so I called for a tow.

It was dusk, so I looked for a bush for some screening from the traffic, and bladder relief. My wife was mad, and I told her go to the bush. She did not like the experience, but felt much better.

We got towed home, and he helped me put in my garage. I apologized for messing up his Thanksgiving. He said he was the single guy at the company, and he was bored all day and I was the only call of the day.

It is the only time I have ever come home in a tow truck. That evening, I went to the garage, and my first thing was to check the ground wire for the electric fuel pump. I did a quick clean, and the car fired right up. So I made a really clean and new super duper ground strap, and fixed it for the cost of a new crimped on end from my box of connectors. The tow was "free" or part of the insurance cost, so not an expensive breakdown. Just frustrating and I cussed at the idiot mechanic that did the fuel pump conversion, then I drank one of his beers in celebration of a cheap fix.