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Re: [Spridgets] Bugeye Won't Run

To: Michael MacLean <rrengineer.mike@att.net>
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Bugeye Won't Run
From: daredelvis--- via Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2020 21:58:04 -0700
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Dirty or stuck needle would be my guess.=20

Brian

> On Jul 21, 2020, at 9:46 PM, Michael MacLean via Spridgets <spridgets@auto=
x.team.net> wrote:
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> I am honing in on the problem of my Bugeye refusing to run more than a flo=
at bowl worth of fuel at a time.  I have a 1275 punched out to 1330 and fuel=
 it with a single HIF44 S.U. carb.  The problem I am now having is the Facet=
 electric pump running furiously like no fuel is running through it, which i=
t is not.  Tonight I removed the fuel line from the carb end and stuck it in=
 a jar.  I turned the key to energize the fuel pump and it started to cavita=
te and run furiously as before, but in a few seconds it bogged down just lik=
e it does when the float bowl is full and the jar started to fill up!  The f=
loat bowl vent is open and the fuel inlet hose is connected to the correct i=
nlet pipe.  I have had this carb apart three times and found no obstructions=
 anywhere.  What could be plugging up the float bowl chamber vent stopping g=
as from entering the carb?  As you can see in the picture, the connections a=
re correct as they have been all along. Any ideas?
> Mike MacLean
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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 dir=3D"ltr">Dirty or stuck needle woul=
d be my guess.&nbsp;</div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Brian<=
/div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br><blockquote type=3D"cite">On Jul 21, 2020, at 9:46=
 PM, Michael MacLean via Spridgets &lt;spridgets@autox.team.net&gt; wrote:<b=
r><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div dir=3D"ltr">=EF=BB=BF=
<div class=3D"ydpa862449yahoo-style-wrap" style=3D"font-family:times new rom=
an, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;"><div dir=3D"ltr" data-setdir=3D"=
false">I am honing in on the problem of my Bugeye refusing to run more than a=
 float bowl worth of fuel at a time.&nbsp; I have a 1275 punched out to 1330=
 and fuel it with a single HIF44 S.U. carb.&nbsp; The problem I am now havin=
g is the Facet electric pump running furiously like no fuel is running throu=
gh it, which it is not.&nbsp; Tonight I removed the fuel line from the carb e=
nd and stuck it in a jar.&nbsp; I turned the key to energize the fuel pump a=
nd it started to cavitate and run furiously as before, but in a few seconds i=
t bogged down just like it does when the float bowl is full and the jar star=
ted to fill up!&nbsp; The float bowl vent is open and the fuel inlet hose is=
 connected to the correct inlet pipe.&nbsp; I have had this carb apart three=
 times and found no obstructions anywhere.&nbsp; What could be plugging up t=
he float bowl chamber vent stopping gas from entering the carb?&nbsp; As you=
 can see in the picture, the connections are correct as they have been all a=
long. Any ideas?</div><div dir=3D"ltr" data-setdir=3D"false">Mike MacLean<br=
></div></div><div>&lt;20200721_213239.jpg&gt;</div><span>-------------------=
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