Subject: [Spridgets] Fuel Feed

From: Michael MacLean via Spridgets <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2021 23:20:09 -0700

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I have had a fuel delivery problem with my Bugeye for a while now.
Finally, the fuel just stopped getting to the engine.  The pump was running
furiously like it was dry.. Today I installed a ECCO fuel pump (Moss
377-176) on the vertical wall forward of the axle and plumbed it up leaving
the little square Facet pump in place just above the axle.  The thinking
was the fuel would flow right through the old pump I thought no longer
worked.  After installing the pump and wiring it up, I turned the key.  The
new pump sounded like it was working.  A heck of a lot quieter that the
Facet too.  The problem was gas was still not getting to the engine.  As
you can see in the picture the filter I installed between the tank and the
pump was bone dry.  The pump wasn't picking up fuel from the tank. Tomorrow
I will remove the old pump and replace it with fuel line so there is a
direct line from the tank to the new pump in case the integral filter in
the Facet is clogged.  If that doesn't get gas flowing,  I have a new
Bugeye tank that has been sitting on the shelf for several years.   One
step at a time.  I may just replace the whole system.  Who knows, maybe the
old Facet was still working.
Mike MacLean

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<div dir=3D"auto">I have had a fuel delivery problem with my Bugeye for a w=
hile now.=C2=A0 Finally, the fuel just stopped getting to the engine.=C2=A0=
 The pump was running furiously like it was dry.. Today I installed a ECCO =
fuel pump (Moss 377-176) on the vertical wall forward of the axle and plumb=
ed it up leaving the little square Facet pump in place just above the axle.=
=C2=A0 The thinking was the fuel would flow right through the old pump I th=
ought no longer worked.=C2=A0 After installing the pump and wiring it up, I=
 turned the key.=C2=A0 The new pump sounded like it was working.=C2=A0 A he=
ck of a lot quieter that the Facet too.=C2=A0 The problem was gas was still=
 not getting to the engine.=C2=A0 As you can see in the picture the filter =
I installed between the tank and the pump was bone dry.=C2=A0 The pump wasn=
&#39;t picking up fuel from the tank. Tomorrow I will remove the old pump a=
nd replace it with fuel line so there is a direct line from the tank to the=
 new pump in case the integral filter in the Facet is clogged.=C2=A0 If tha=
t doesn&#39;t get gas flowing,=C2=A0 I have a new Bugeye tank that has been=
 sitting on the shelf for several years.=C2=A0 =C2=A0One step at a time.=C2=
=A0 I may just replace the whole system.=C2=A0 Who knows, maybe the old Fac=
et was still working.<div dir=3D"auto">Mike MacLean</div></div>

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