I also had this same problem last week with my 80 "B", almost bought a new
pump too. But upon futher trouble-shooting I found that the gross jet was
stuck. I removed the supply line from the carb. placed it in a container
turned the switch and here came the fuel. Took a short piece of old fuel
hose placed it on the inlet and blew though it to no avail then while
blowing though it tapped on the carb with a small hammer until I was able
to blow freely. Hope this is of some help.
Ray H. 1980 MGB
At 08:34 PM 3/11/99 -0000, Paul Hunt wrote:
>If the pump is making a continuous sound, particularly if it is a rapid
>chattering sound, then it isn't pumping fuel, just air. See if you can
>jury-rig it to pump off the car from one container to another. If that
>works OK then the pump is OK, it may be the pickup in the tank either rotted
>off or blocked or the pipe from tank to pump is holed so the pump is just
>sucking in air. You do have a decent level of fuel, don't you? You did
>connect the pipes the right way round, didn't you?
>
>PaulH.
>http://freespace.virgin.net/paul.hunt1/
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: RUN262JOHN@aol.com <RUN262JOHN@aol.com>
>To: mgs@autox.team.net <mgs@autox.team.net>
>Date: 10 March 1999 23:58
>Subject: fuel pubp question
>
>
>>Greetings from Savannah, Georgia:
>>
>>I recently tried to start my 1980 B after parking it for about a month.
>It
>>will not start because there is no gas coming into the carb. yes i have
>>gas.....then I found out that the fuel pump was not original...PO put on a
>in
>>line pump. So...I bought an orginial pump and installed it. I'm still not
>>getting any gas at the carb. The pump is making a lawnmower sound but not
>>getting any gas to the carb. This is the same problem the old nonorginal
>pump
>>was doing before replacing. What's wrong? Am I missing something?
>>
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