The original fuel pump has a lever on the bottom that you can pump by
hand. I don't think that the aftermarket pumps have the lever.
Rob
At 10:56 PM 2/11/2002, Phillip J. Pallone wrote:
>I've read this a couple of time - but here's a stupid question...
>
>How do you manually "pump" the fuel pump?
>
>Phil
>74TR6
>CF22155U
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Patrick Bitton <pbitton@axess.com>
>To: 6pack <6pack@autox.team.net>; Dan <danp@adsnet.com>
>Sent: Monday, February 11, 2002 7:37 AM
>Subject: RE: What happened?
>
>
> > Dan,
> >
> > What you can try is to remove the air filter assembly and pump the gas. If
> > fuel is pissing out of the carb...It could be that your bowl switch is
> > jammed. What happens is that when the bowl is full of fuel, the float bowl
> > will rise and a switch will stop the fuel from filling the bowl. Maybe the
> > switch is jammed and fuel keeps flowing out of the carb.
> > I had the same problem and the good folks on the list helped me fix the
> > problem.
> >
> > Good luck,
> >
> > Patrick
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-6pack@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-6pack@autox.team.net]On
> > Behalf Of Dan
> > Sent: February 11, 2002 10:06 AM
> > To: 6pack@autox.team.net
> > Subject: What happened?
> >
> >
> > I need help. I had my 71 TR6 out for a ride the other day since it was so
> > nice and encountered a problem shortly into my drive. I heard a sound,
>like
> > opening a bottle of soda pop, and then had a sudden loss of power, the
> > engine started running very rough, and had a strong smell of fuel. I
>drove
> > home, luckily a short distance, and found fuel running from the front
> > carburator. The fuel lines seem OK, it seems to be coming from the body
>of
> > the carb. Is that bottom seal the problem, another seal, or something
>else?
> > Dan
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