I've read this a couple of time - but here's a stupid question...
How do you manually "pump" the fuel pump?
Phil
74TR6
CF22155U
----- Original Message -----
From: Patrick Bitton <pbitton@axess.com>
To: 6pack <6pack@autox.team.net>; Dan <danp@adsnet.com>
Sent: Monday, February 11, 2002 7:37 AM
Subject: RE: What happened?
> Dan,
>
> What you can try is to remove the air filter assembly and pump the gas. If
> fuel is pissing out of the carb...It could be that your bowl switch is
> jammed. What happens is that when the bowl is full of fuel, the float bowl
> will rise and a switch will stop the fuel from filling the bowl. Maybe the
> switch is jammed and fuel keeps flowing out of the carb.
> I had the same problem and the good folks on the list helped me fix the
> problem.
>
> Good luck,
>
> Patrick
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-6pack@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-6pack@autox.team.net]On
> Behalf Of Dan
> Sent: February 11, 2002 10:06 AM
> To: 6pack@autox.team.net
> Subject: What happened?
>
>
> I need help. I had my 71 TR6 out for a ride the other day since it was so
> nice and encountered a problem shortly into my drive. I heard a sound,
like
> opening a bottle of soda pop, and then had a sudden loss of power, the
> engine started running very rough, and had a strong smell of fuel. I
drove
> home, luckily a short distance, and found fuel running from the front
> carburator. The fuel lines seem OK, it seems to be coming from the body
of
> the carb. Is that bottom seal the problem, another seal, or something
else?
> Dan
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