'km' Unhappy Engine Noises: revison
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Michelle pokes her head out from underneath the train.<br />
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<span class="quote speech">I think that's it.</span><br/>
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She puts a large piece of leftover hose aside and crawls out.<br >
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<span class="quote speech">That was quick – nice work.</span><br />
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<span class="quote speech">That was quick – nice job.</span><br />
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Jack walks over to the compartment holding the batteries, takes the
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cables off the terminals, and hooks them up to his makeshift power
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supply. Then, he starts the generator and climbs into the train.
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Michelle follows him and they go to the driver's cabin. Jack turns
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the key switch and parts of the dashboard light up. Then, he pushes the
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a key switch and parts of the dashboard light up. Then, he pushes the
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engine start button. While holding it, he points to the fuel pressure
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gauge and, raising his voice to talk over the noise, he says:<br />
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gauge and, slightly raising his voice to talk over the noise of the
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engine turning over, he says:<br />
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<span class="quote speech">That's progress already.</span><br />
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The needle on the gauge slowly creeps to the right as the engine turns
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over.<br />
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The needle on the gauge slowly creeps to the right.<br />
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<span class="quote speech">Too slow though</span>, he adds after a
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moment.<br />
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He holds the button for a while, the engine keeps turning over,
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but it doesn't start.
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but it doesn't seem to fire even once.
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</p>
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<p>
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Michelle suggests they take a look at the carburetor. Jack turns the key
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switch off again and they go to the middle of the railcar. The floor
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panels above the engine bay are already missing, they had removed them
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earlier to replace the bits of rotting hose in the fuel line. Jack grabs
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the manual from one of the seats and starts flipping through the pages
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while Michelle jumps out and stops the generator. He begins to undo the
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bolts holding the case of the carburetor together. The gasket crumbles
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as he removes the top of the case.
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<span class="comment">Hey car people, how'd you describe this?</span>
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Michelle suggests they take a look at the fuel injection. Jack turns
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the key switch off again and they go to the middle of the railcar.
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The floor panels above the engine bay are already missing, they had
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removed them earlier to replace the bits of rotting hose in the fuel
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line. Jack grabs the manual from one of the seats and starts flipping
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through the pages while Michelle jumps out and stops the generator.
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He begins to undo <span class="comment">knowledge gap here: How
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does that work? What do you undo to fix a gunked-up fuel injection?
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Also, do/did diesel engines have a carb?</span>
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</p>
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<p>
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After cleaning the carburetor and replacing the gasket with a makeshift
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one made from <span class="comment">what?</span>, they try again.
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After <span class="comment">cleaning out gunk and doing some makeshift
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fix</span>, they try again.
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The engine attempts to start a few times but it still doesn't run.
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Michelle notices the fuel pressure is back down to zero so they pull
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the line out to see what's going on. Michelle waits next to
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He presses the button for a few seconds, then he leans out of the window
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looking at Michelle and the bucket. She looks up at him and says:<br />
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<span class="quote speech">Barely a few drips. But there's pressure
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back here.</span><br />
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<span class="quote speech">So we need a new filter?</span>
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on the other side of the fuel filter.</span><br />
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<span class="quote speech">So we need a new one?</span>
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</p>
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<p>
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He walks over to the closest door and jumps out. Michelle begins
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undoing the <span class="comment">clamps?</span> holding the fuel line
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to the filter while Jack starts searching all drawers and boxes in the
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vicinity for a replacement. One side of the filter comes loose and
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Michelle starts with the other side.
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undoing the clamps holding the fuel line to the filter while Jack
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starts searching all drawers and boxes in the vicinity for a
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replacement. One side of the filter comes loose and Michelle starts
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with the other side.
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</p>
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<p>
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<span class="quote speech">Not the right one but I found this.</span>
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