Bill,
Thanks for the suggestion and the warning. I actually was not using the
fuel line from the gas tank, but a small auxilliary tank feeding the fuel
pump. Since this car has been run in about ten years, I wanted to make sure
I wasn't sucking any old fuel or debris into the engine. Turns out that the
tank is dry. I checked the lines for continuity too. That wobble in the
metal line when I disconnected it from the fuel pump did make me nervous.
Several years ago, a guy on the next block behind my house was fooling
with a motorcycle fuel line in his garage. His water heater ignited the
vapors and torched the house completely and encompassed serious damage to
the two adjacent homes. He died in the fire. When my daughter was only a
couple years old, her care provider's husband decided to work on leaking
fuel line on their VW Rabbit while in the garage. He crawled under the car
with a table lamp to see what he was doing. He accidentally broke the bulb
and it ignited the fuel. He burned his arms in the process, but the worst
part was that my daughter was alseep in the back seat, strapped in a car
seat. Fortunately, his wife had the presence of mind to make rescuing my
daughter from the car as her first priority. My daughter (who is now 14)
was not hurt, but I'm sure it was only a matter of seconds to disaster.
Their home was seriously damaged also.
I haven't been the same since however. So, your concern is well founded and
very real. That's another reason I didn't want to put fuel in the gas tank
yet.
Thanks for the thought.
Gerard
>Gerard Chateauvieux wrote:
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>> Listers,
>> I came to my next impass. Seems the fuel pump isn't
>> sucking any fuel. Is there a fix for it or do I just need to replace it?
>
>On the 1500 Midget there is a rubber piece of line that is used to connect
>the hard line from the tank to the hard line in the engine compartment.
>This rubber line lives in the tranny tunnel. Make sure it is not broken.
>Happened to me and when I jacked up the rear of the car, the gas started
>to siphon out of the tank and onto the gargage floor. You should have
>seen me scurry around, bringing the car down and out of the garage, all
>the while worring about an explosion. Just a thought.
>
>Bill Gilroy
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