Dave,
Yes, when the carb bowls are full it looks/feels like nothing's happening.
If it will comfort you, pull the line at carbs and manually pump fuel into a
container to see that all is working correctly.
Bill
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On Sep 13, 2013, at 6:28 PM, "Dave Connitt" <dconnitt@fuse.net> wrote:
> OK,
> I am getting real close to starting my TR4A for the first time in 13
years..
> Checking for possible fuel leaks, I put a couple of gallons of gas in the
tank
> and using the priming lever on my new Moss fuel pump, I was able to fill
the
> carbs. However, after a few additional pumps of the priming lever, suddenly
> nothing is happening when I press down on the priming lever. I am assuming
> that the carbs are full and when I press down on the lever, there is no
room
> for more fuel so nothing happens...
> I went back upstairs to eat dinner and will see if I can bleed off some of
the
> fuel and see if the pump will replace the fuel. I am just making sure that
I
> won't toast my new camshaft by not running the engine for 20-30 minutes to
> seat the cam lifters by running out of fricking gas.
> Am I worrying too much or what?
> Thanks,
> Dave Connitt
>
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