Ran both tanks quite low this morning and then switched from right tank to left tank on the garage forecourt with the ignition off.
Five minutes later, the engine lost power on the dual carriageway, showing all the signes of running out of fuel. I switched back to the right tank and the problem cleared, then flicked to the left again without trouble. It's my guess that a lack of current to the changeover switch caused the tank swap to fail and left me high and dry.
THIS IS the story of life with a classic car. I drive a 1972 Jaguar XJ6 and write about it here. I'm Martyn Moore, former editor of Classic Cars magazine. This is a two-year story about the roller coaster ride of classic car ownership. The most recent entries come from a classic car rally in 2005, the last journey I made in the car before putting it into storage. Use links on the right for earlier entries.
