Hooray! Hooray! Hooray!
Take the next two days off and enjoy the sunshine! It's getting rare in
San Francisco!
Paul
PAsgeirsson@juno.com
On Fri, 18 Feb 2000 17:12:45 -0800 Gerard Chateauvieux
<pixelsmith@gerardsgarage.com> writes:
>I'm happy to report that today, besides being a delightfully warm
>sunny
>day, I succeeded in getting the '75 Midget running with only a couple
>minor
>obstacles.
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>The problem with the fuel pump turned out to be twofold. One was that
>the
>diaphram was "glued in place from having sat too long. The few drops
>of gas
>I dribbled into the strainer yesterday, combined with a little gentle
>urging through the three strainer holes set it free again. The second
>was
>that someone used some silicon rubber as a gasket cement for thr
>rubber
>seal onside the cover. I think that was allowing air in (and gas out).
>After I removed all the silicon from the seal, it sealed just fine.
>Now
>that fuel is flowing to the carb, I'm seeing a big puddle begin to
>develop
>on the ground. I discovered that there is a plug in the base of the
>float
>bowl with a dried up "O"-ring. A trip to my neighborhood plumbing
>supply
>and twenty cents cured that in a jiffy! After that the engine fires
>right
>up and seems to run very good. No unusual noises and no smoke... not
>even
>any leaks. I haven't been able to test drive it yet since the pedal
>box and
>new master cylinder need to be installed, but so far so good.
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>The one thing I haven't been able to figure out is where the 1/4 or
>3/8
>inch vacuum connection on bottom-manifold side of the carb goes. This
>is a
>brass pipe that is angle down and toward the front of the car. Is
>that a
>purge line? For now I just capped it, but if anyone knows please tell
>me. I
>can't seem to find any reference to it in the manuals.
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>Thanks again to everyone for their help getting me through this.
>
>Gerard
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