Phil the older fuel pumps had a primer lever on the bottom of the pump, you
could "pump" that lever and manually shoot fuel up to your carb's, if you
want to see a picture of the fuel pump I'm talking about then go to e-bay
there is one on sale now, this will give you a visual
Bernie
----- Original Message -----
From: "Phillip J. Pallone" <ppallones@core.com>
To: "Patrick Bitton" <pbitton@axess.com>; "6pack" <6pack@autox.team.net>;
"Dan" <danp@adsnet.com>
Sent: Monday, February 11, 2002 11:56 PM
Subject: Re: What happened?
> 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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