Subject: [Spridgets] It's alive!

From: Michael MacLean via Spridgets <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2021 18:09:17 -0700

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     Finally after numerous attempts the Bugeye is running!  The new ECCO
fuel pump delivers more fuel than the Facet pump at the correct pressure.
This time I blew out the steel fuel lines with compressed air.  Apparently
that did the trick.  Blowing air in the tank to pressurize it was not
successful.  This time the pump was self priming.
     When I was running the Facet pump, fuel would fill the clear fuel
filter only at the bottom of the clear capsule.  I never understood how the
car ran OK like that.  Now the fuel filter is full under pump pressure and
no overflow from the carb.  With the ECCO pump the car started immediately
cold.  With the Facet pump it would take a little longer to fire up.  Now
it won't idle, but I attribute that to old gas sitting in the carb for over
eight months.  I plan to take it out tomorrow and try to blow it out on the
freeway. If that doesn't do it.  The single HIF44 carb comes off for
disassembly and cleaning.  Woohoo!  Alive!   Just in time for the new gas
prices.
Mike MacLean

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<div dir=3D"auto">=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0Finally after numerous attempts the B=
ugeye is running!=C2=A0 The new ECCO fuel pump delivers more fuel than the =
Facet pump at the correct pressure.=C2=A0 This time I blew out the steel fu=
el lines with compressed air.=C2=A0 Apparently that did the trick.=C2=A0 Bl=
owing air in the tank to pressurize it was not successful.=C2=A0 This time =
the pump was self priming.=C2=A0=C2=A0<div dir=3D"auto">=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=
=A0When I was running the Facet pump, fuel would fill the clear fuel filter=
 only at the bottom of the clear capsule.=C2=A0 I never understood how the =
car ran OK like that.=C2=A0 Now the fuel filter is full under pump pressure=
 and no overflow from the carb.=C2=A0 With the ECCO pump the car started im=
mediately cold.=C2=A0 With the Facet pump it would take a little longer to =
fire up.=C2=A0 Now it won&#39;t idle, but I attribute that to old gas sitti=
ng in the carb for over eight months.=C2=A0 I plan to take it out tomorrow =
and try to blow it out on the freeway. If that doesn&#39;t do it.=C2=A0 The=
 single HIF44 carb comes off for disassembly and cleaning.=C2=A0 Woohoo!=C2=
=A0 Alive!=C2=A0 =C2=A0Just in time for the new gas prices.<div dir=3D"auto=
">Mike MacLean</div></div></div>

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