The B does have a collision shut-off switch, but once it is tripped "off"
it stays off until you push in the reset button. Switch kills electricity
to the pump.
Bob
On Thu, 15 Jan 1998 09:58:06 -0500 Matt Kulka <Matt.Kulka@hboc.com>
writes:
>>Blake Wylie:
>>The main thing that is odd about this is, is that after it quits,
>I'll
>turn
>>off the ingnition...as soon as I turn it back on, the pump pumps like
>the
>>float bowls are empty...
>
>I've never done this, but it seems reasonable:
>
>Take your car out, run it until it dies. Leave the ignition switch
>on.
>Pop the hood, run to the front and yank the fuel line off the carbs.
>If
>it starts spraying gas everywhere, then fuel supply to the carbs is
>not
>the problem. If it just dribbles, then you know the problem's farther
>back in the fuel lines, pump or tank.
>
>Another thought just occurred to me. Doesn't the B have some sort of
>fuel shutoff solenoid? I'm not near mine, but I'm thinking of a unit
>under the hood on the passenger side near the firewall by the charcoal
>canister. If so, could that be malfunctioning?
>
>
>Grasping at other people's straws,
>Matt Kulka
>'74 B
>
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