On 5 Dec 1996, Jay Laifman wrote:
> Reply to: RE>>cold-start problems
>
> >My Series II fuel pump has a lever on it to manually pump gas
> >into the carbs. Maybe pumping in some gas before you try to
> >start the car will help. Tom
>
> I might add that when I rebuilt my engine, I had a real nice never used
> glass covered fuel pump that I installed. Looked just like the original
> one, except that it didn't have that convenient lever pump. It turned out
> that it will not work on the Alpine. I don't know what car it is from.
> But the angle of the lever that rests on the cam is wrong.
>
Sounds to me like the one used on the later Sunbeam Arrow sedan
version of the 1725cc engine: same block, cast iron head,
lower compression pistons, reverse order camshaft, and that fuel pump.
> I am now running a Facet solid state pump. No complaints.
>
> Jay Laifman
> Pircher, Nichols & Meeks
> Los Angeles
>
>
> --------------------------------------
> Date: 12/3/96 9:34 AM
> To: T Wiencek
> From: T.J. Higgins
> huichin writes:
> > 2. I am experiencing diffulties for cold startups all the time even
> > though I have changed the battery and serviced my starter recently. I need
> > to do at least three attempts. However, after this the engine startup at t
> he
> > first click. I have also done the usual checks like distributor, plugs &
> > wires, and the Strombergs are filled with oil. What could possibly be wron
> g
> > and how can I rectify the problem?
>
> The problem described below is not weather-dependent. If your car starts
> fine in warm weather, then what I have written does not apply.
>
> Depending on how long your car sits between starts, it's possible that
> the fuel bowls in the carbs are drying out. If you have the stock
> mechanical fuel pump, it's going to take several cranks of the engine
> for the pump to fill the carbs. An electric fuel pump can fix it. Also,
> if your carb's bowls are drying out in just a few hours, like
> between the time you park at the office in the morning and try to start
> it in the evening to go home, then you have some problems with leaky
> gaskets in your carbs and a carb rebuild is in order.
>
> I had all these problems with my Alpine before it came off the road, and
> I will be installing an electric pump when I get it running again. Of
> course a carb rebuild will also be done.
>
> Good luck,
> --
> T.J. Higgins
> tjhiggin(at)ingr.com
> Huntsville, AL
>
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> From: tjhiggin(at)alpine.b17a.ingr.com (T.J. Higgins)
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> Subject: Re: cold-start problems
> To: huichin(at)pl.jaring.my
> Date: Tue, 3 Dec 96 9:23:20 CST
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