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Re: [Spridgets] Fuel Draw

To: "rrengineer.mike@att.net" <rrengineer.mike@att.net>
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Fuel Draw
From: Howard Collins via Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2019 07:19:27 -0400
Cc: Alan via Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net>
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How old are the fuel hoses?

Is gravity supplying fuel from the tank to the pump?

Sent from my iPhone

> On Apr 4, 2019, at 2:27 AM, Michael MacLean <rrengineer.mike@att.net> wrot=
e:
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> I have the pump mounted just above the axle mounted at the top of the shee=
t metal hump.  The filter is just before the carb.
> Mike M
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> Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android
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> On Wed, Apr 3, 2019 at 8:29 PM, Howard Collins
> <miniac7@aol.com> wrote:
> Where is the pump located, front or rear?
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> Howard Collins=20
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> Sent from my iPhone
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> > On Apr 3, 2019, at 6:54 PM, Mike MacLean via Spridgets <spridgets@autox.=
team.net> wrote:
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> >  My Bugeye has been sitting all winter.  I am trying to get it running a=
gain after a front suspension rebuild and a rear axle leak repair.  All kind=
s of mechanical work and new plugs, new bellows on the steering rack, etc., e=
tc. =20
> >    I replaced the old gas in the tank that sat all winter.  The gas in C=
alifornia is crap and goes bad in a matter of weeks.  So, I turn the key and=
 the Facet pump runs furiously, but no gas gets to the pump.  Of course it w=
on't start.  This is the same tank I have been using since the restoration i=
n 2000.  Pump gone bad?  This Facet pump replaced the old Facet pump several=
 years ago.  What kind of length of service should I be getting from this pu=
mp, if that is the problem?
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<html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3D=
utf-8"></head><body dir=3D"auto"><div>How old are the fuel hoses?</div><div i=
d=3D"AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id=3D"AppleMailSignature">Is gravity=
 supplying fuel from the tank to the pump?<br><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><=
div><br>On Apr 4, 2019, at 2:27 AM, Michael MacLean &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:rr=
engineer.mike@att.net">rrengineer.mike@att.net</a>&gt; wrote:<br><br></div><=
blockquote type=3D"cite"><div>I have the pump mounted just above the axle mo=
unted at the top of the sheet metal hump.&nbsp; The filter is just before th=
e carb.<div id=3D"yMail_cursorElementTracker_1554359209141">Mike M<br><div i=
d=3D"yMail_cursorElementTracker_1554359201887"><br id=3D"yMail_cursorElement=
Tracker_1554359066263"><br><div id=3D"ymail_android_signature"><a id=3D"ymai=
l_android_signature_link" href=3D"https://go.onelink.me/107872968?pid=3DInPr=
oduct&amp;c=3DGlobal_Internal_YGrowth_AndroidEmailSig__AndroidUsers&amp;af_w=
l=3Dym&amp;af_sub1=3DInternal&amp;af_sub2=3DGlobal_YGrowth&amp;af_sub3=3DEma=
ilSignature">Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android</a></div> <br> <blockquote styl=
e=3D"margin: 0 0 20px 0;"> <div style=3D"font-family:Roboto, sans-serif; col=
or:#6D00F6;"> <div>On Wed, Apr 3, 2019 at 8:29 PM, Howard Collins</div><div>=
&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:miniac7@aol.com";>miniac7@aol.com</a>&gt; wrote:</div> <=
/div> <div style=3D"padding: 10px 0 0 20px; margin: 10px 0 0 0; border-left:=
 1px solid #6D00F6;"> Where is the pump located, front or rear?<br clear=3D"=
none"><br clear=3D"none">Howard Collins <br clear=3D"none"><br clear=3D"none=
">Sent from my iPhone<br clear=3D"none"><div class=3D"yqt0417951294 yQTDBase=
" id=3D"yqtfd48826"><br clear=3D"none">&gt; On Apr 3, 2019, at 6:54 PM, Mike=
 MacLean via Spridgets &lt;<a shape=3D"rect" ymailto=3D"mailto:spridgets@aut=
ox.team.net" href=3D"mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net";>spridgets@autox.team.n=
et</a>&gt; wrote:<br clear=3D"none">&gt; <br clear=3D"none">&gt;&nbsp;  My B=
ugeye has been sitting all winter.&nbsp; I am trying to get it running again=
 after a front suspension rebuild and a rear axle leak repair.&nbsp; All kin=
ds of mechanical work and new plugs, new bellows on the steering rack, etc.,=
 etc.&nbsp; <br clear=3D"none">&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; I replaced the old gas in t=
he tank that sat all winter.&nbsp; The gas in California is crap and goes ba=
d in a matter of weeks.&nbsp; So, I turn the key and the Facet pump runs fur=
iously, but no gas gets to the pump.&nbsp; Of course it won't start.&nbsp; T=
his is the same tank I have been using since the restoration in 2000.&nbsp; P=
ump gone bad?&nbsp; This Facet pump replaced the old Facet pump several year=
s ago.&nbsp; What kind of length of service should I be getting from this pu=
mp, if that is the problem?<br clear=3D"none">&gt; Mike MacLean<br clear=3D"=
none">&gt; ------------------------<br clear=3D"none">&gt; <br clear=3D"none=
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