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Re: Fuel Pump

To: Victor Hughes <v.hughes@student.canberra.edu.au>
Subject: Re: Fuel Pump
From: "jumpin'jan" <servaij@cris.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 22:42:51 -0800
Victor Hughes wrote:
> 
> I got to the point of starting the motor on the S3 rebuild the other day
> but the fuel pump decided not to.  Seems it can't get petrol into the
> suction chamber, even though I took the bowl off and put petrol into the
> inlet chamber directly above it.  The pushrod operates the diaphragm so
> it's either a dud diaphragm not creating suction or the inlet valve is
> stuck.  The diaphragm looks ok.  Any Ideas?

Gas should run into the bowl (if you had the glass bowl off). I'm
thinking you need to recondition the gas tanks. Have you done this
before. If not, then yes, it needs it bad.

> 
> Series 3, Blood Red, Born Friday the 13th September 1963, what should I
> call it?

A Blood Sucking SOB? I don't know?
Jan


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