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Re: [oletrucks] Vapor Lock

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Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Vapor Lock
From: "Joe Clark" <jclark1@utk.edu>
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 07:48:22 -0500
I had this same problem but it turned out to be a loose glass bowl 
on my fuel pump.  Tightened it down and fixed the problem.  Just a 
thought.
Joe

On 22 Feb 00, at 22:11, B&A Kettunen wrote:

> Carry a small squirt can of gas along and the next time it happens, after
> the engine cools down some, squirt some gas into the carb and put the air
> cleaner cover back on.  Try starting it.  If it starts and runs for a
> second or two, the problem is in the fuel system.  If it doesn't start, it
> doesn't have a spark.  Start checking along those lines.  Electric problems
> can come and go depending on temperature too.
> 
> If the engine has gas, spark, and compression, it almost has to start.
> 
> Bruce Kettunen
> 57 3100
> 
> 
> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
> 


Joe Clark
'50 3100 Deluxe
Knoxville, Tennessee
oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959

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