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1. Ideas for quicker engine starting? (score: 1): Author: "John C. Gottstein" <gottstein@erols.com>; Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 15:25:23 -0500; Hey Spridget List, First of all, although you don't hear from me much, I've learned a TON from this list, so thank you a thousand times. Now, my '75 Midget, Cha Cha, runs really nicely, but since I r; /html/spridgets/1998-11/msg00392.html (8,875 bytes)
2. Re: Ideas for quicker engine starting? (score: 1): Author: "Dick Watson" <dwatson@feist.com>; Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 16:04:10 -0800; Do you mean you have to turn the key on/off 20-25 times or is that how many turns the starter makes? My '78 Midget requires 3-4 turns of the key after setting awhile and probably 8-10 starter turns; /html/spridgets/1998-11/msg00394.html (9,426 bytes)
3. Re: Ideas for quicker engine starting? (score: 1): Author: Scott & Glenda Meyers <autox@earthlink.net>; Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 15:12:01 -0700; I hope you mean....."fires". The engine is rotating but just not igniting, right? If you are turning the key and *nothing* is happening, you look to the switch, battery, and starter. If the engine tu; /html/spridgets/1998-11/msg00395.html (9,892 bytes)
4. Re: Ideas for quicker engine starting? (score: 1): Author: Michael Graziano <mgrazian@ltcm.com>; Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 17:54:58 -0500; from as01.us by ltcm.com (8.7.1/1.32(sec)-LK3) id RAA06213; Fri, 13 Nov 1998 17:55:14 -0500 Cc: "John C. Gottstein" <gottstein@erols.com>, spridgets@Autox.Team.Net Organization: Long-Term Capital Ma; /html/spridgets/1998-11/msg00396.html (10,814 bytes)
5. Re: Ideas for quicker engine starting? (score: 1): Author: Carl Elliott <grunt2@adelphia.net>; Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 18:26:54 -0500; Hay John I always Thought it needed a check valve of some type Just after the filter or a little booster fuel pump. I always started it every other day Year round. It took couple of trys but never th; /html/spridgets/1998-11/msg00398.html (11,306 bytes)
6. Re: Ideas for quicker engine starting? (score: 1): Author: "Daryl and Jennifer May" <mayfam@sprynet.com>; Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 17:23:18 -0800; Check the small tubes (hoses) that connect the bottom of the carb fuel reservoirs (float chambers) to the main body of the carb. Again, they run under the carbs, and can be felt if not easily seen.; /html/spridgets/1998-11/msg00401.html (10,054 bytes)
7. Re: Ideas for quicker engine starting? (score: 1): Author: "Guy Weller" <Guy@weller-lakes.freeserve.co.uk>; Date: Sat, 14 Nov 1998 13:23:22 -0000; If I don't use my '78 Midget for more than a couple of days I get this problem. I think that the cause is that the fuel evaporates (or leaks) out of the carbs. Because this engine has a mechanical f; /html/spridgets/1998-11/msg00407.html (10,441 bytes)
8. Re: Ideas for quicker engine starting? (score: 1): Author: Carl Elliott <grunt2@adelphia.net>; Date: Sat, 14 Nov 1998 15:03:50 -0500; You might try installing an electric fuel pump just outside the fuel tank, It would quickly build up fuel pressure, Come to think of it the spare engine has a fuel pump with a hand primer on it. This; /html/spridgets/1998-11/msg00412.html (11,524 bytes)
9. Re: Ideas for quicker engine starting? (score: 1): Author: billwalters2@juno.com (William M Walters); Date: Sat, 14 Nov 1998 18:48:34 -0500; I can remember when my Bugeye acted like that. I would routinely raise the hood (to chase the cats out) and manually pump the fuel pump a few times. That seemed to do the trick for me. Drive the car; /html/spridgets/1998-11/msg00414.html (11,424 bytes)
10. Re: Ideas for quicker engine starting? (score: 1): Author: "Tom Zuchowski" <tzuchow@ibm.net>; Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1998 07:00:31 -0500; My 1275 Bugeye, which gets driven every week or ten days (depends on the weather), is also reluctant to start the first time. It has an electric fuel pump, which I let come up to pressure before pres; /html/spridgets/1998-11/msg00418.html (11,608 bytes)
11. Re: Ideas for quicker engine starting? (score: 1): Author: "Guy Weller" <Guy@weller-lakes.freeserve.co.uk>; Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1998 21:30:53 -0000; I agree with your comments, I think there are likely to be several factors at work. First fill the carb floatchambers (quicker by electric pump) Then build up vacuum to draw the fuel up the jets The; /html/spridgets/1998-11/msg00426.html (12,825 bytes)

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