<VV> It's out of hibernation...

[Dennis & Debbie PLEAU]

I got my Greenbrier out for the spring this morning.  It gave a good fight 
but now it's running.  First, the battery was dead, so I jumped it off the 
Exploder.  I turned on the auxiliary electric pump (normally use the 
mechanical but the PO installed an electric to fill the carbs after it sits 
for a long time) and after few minutes tried to crank it over.  It turned a 
little way and stopped dead.  I backed up the engine with a wrench on the 
crank and it turned easy.  Tried to go forward and it was like hitting a 
wall.  I figured it was hydrolocked, so backed the engine off two 
revolutions and then it would rotate forward.  Gas started dripping out the 
exhaust on the drivers side.  I whacked the carb on that side with the 
handle of a screwdriver to free up the float.  Moved the Exploder from 
behind that glass pack, just in case any remaining gas decided to light off 
when it started.  Did I mention, when you start my Exploder, the doors lock 
, so it was running behind the van with the doors locked and Debbie was in 
town.  After I disconnected the jumper cables, I closed hood on the 
Exploder.  I then promptly stalled the Brier.  Fifteen minutes later, Debbie 
got home with her keys so I could unlock the Exploder  open the hood jump 
the van again.  I took it on a five mile drive and now it is in the 
driveway, with the tires all pumped up and connected to the battery charger.

Dennis