the lever is a priming lever. After the car sits for a while it has a
natural tendency to lose the gas that is in the pump as well as the gas
that is in the float chamber. The priming lever is there so you can prime
the pump and fill the float chambers up, this makes for easier starting.
aaron
On Fri, 31 Oct 1997, Edward Hutchinson wrote:
> Just a quick question. The fuel pump on my 74 TR6 has what appears to be a
> lever on the bottom. What is the function of this lever?
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> ED
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