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Weak fuel pump (?) for spit 1500

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Subject: Weak fuel pump (?) for spit 1500
From: Chris DeStaffany <sjmeds@rockisland.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 10:33:25 -0700
So here's the deal.  If I run out of gas (don't ask), the damn thing will
not self prime by cranking.  Once I got it going by coasting down a long
steep hill.  Once in a while, like yesterday, it appeared to get vapor lock
even though it was only about 65 degrees out.  I've put together a little
priming devise, it's a blood pressure cuff bulb pump and a couple of plastic
hoses that I keep in the trunk, to reprime the pump when I loose the prime.
So do I, A) live with this because it's a LBC and what do I expect, B)
repair the pump with new parts and if so what parts or, C) replace the
thing?  Oh enlighten me great list so maybe I can spend less time on the
side of the road with the bonnet up trying no too look pathetic.

Chris DeStaffany

1975 Spit
1966 Herald


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