<VV> Fuel Pump Issues

[Mel Francis]

I'm with Bryan on this, but wanted to add that better than pouring gas down 
the carb throats, put some gas in a squirt bottle
and add the fuel to the bowls through the vent openings on top of the carbs. 
Add enough to give you half a bowl on each side.
Then, when/if it starts, it will run long and evenly enough to provide a 
better analysis. If it runs for 10 seconds and then quits,
you have simply run out of gas.

Mel


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bryan Blackwell" <bryan at skiblack.com>
To: "Byron Comp" <byron.comp at yahoo.com>
Cc: "Virtual Vairs" <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2011 12:26 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> Fuel Pump Issues


> FWIW, I greatly prefer to use starting fluid for this sort of analysis - 
> if the engine is going to fire, it will do so on ether.  If it doesn't 
> fire, you know to look elsewhere.  Yes, using too much for too long is bad 
> for the engine, but so is pouring gas into the cylinders.
>
> --Bryan
>
> On Apr 24, 2011, at 9:05 AM, Byron Comp wrote:
>
>> I've encountered a similar problem now on my '64 restomod. Thanks to the 
>> help of a fellow VV-er, my engine is no longer headless and I'm ready to 
>> try firing it up again. But the new glass in-line filter shows no fuel in 
>> it and the engine won't run from what sounds like a lack of fuel. I 
>> replaced what I thought was my known-good mechanical pump (it was working 
>> when I began this repair saga) with one off my '63 parts car, but no-go 
>> with that one either. I've tried pouring a couple teaspoons of gas 
>> directly down the gullet of both carbs and then cranking it, but all I 
>> get from that is flooding followed by a couple backfires and right back 
>> to dry grinding. I plan to get my wife to go along to the shop tomorrow 
>> to turn the key while I drizzle in some gas, put that's not the real 
>> issue, is it?
>
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