hummm...once i shoot a little bit of napa starter
spray into the round air intake fitting...boom!!
it starts right up.....but you may be right..it does
act like a fuel delivery issue...the fuel pump i have
on my 79 spit is factory...it looks to be a mechanical
pump...fastened to the drivers side of the engine block...
i have unbolted it...but i could not get it twisted right,
in order to remove it from the block ... do folks upgrade
the pumps to electric? how do they work out after doing
this mod?.......thanx.....richard / colorado
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert J Finnis" <r.finnis@eim.surrey.ac.uk>
To: "Richard" <richard@bonilla.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 8:09 AM
Subject: Re: sign of things to come
> it runs & idles fine, ... if i don't use the
> starter spray..i have to turn it over & over before
> it "catches" w/the choke on...and starts..sometimes
> reluctantly...
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I get this as well, but I've never used starter spray. I think my problem
is
> to do with lack of fuel in either the float chambers, or the pipe from
pump to
> carbs. I assume that it either siphons back down the line, or evapourates
off
> after the last time the engine was run. I would guess that an electric
pump
> would refill the floats before the starter goes (or at least isn't
dependant
> on the engine for pumping).
>
> I think I need to check my fuel system.
>
> Robert
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