Mike,
Is this when the car is running or after it's shut off?
-g
At 6:24 PM -0700 8/28/01, Mike MacLean wrote:
>Just finished the fuel pump repair on the Bugeye. After installation I
>tried to pump fuel into the Holley carb on the Judson with the priming
>lever. There was resistance but I saw only an 1/8th of an inch of fuel
>in the NAPA clear plastic fuel filter that is installed in the vertical
>run of fuel line between the pump and the carb. The resistance lessened
>and finally the priming lever would move it's full travel with no
>resistance just like any other time I primed the carb(s). At no time
>was there any more than 1/8th inch of fuel visible in the bottom of the
>fuel filter. Just enough fuel to "touch" the pleated yellow paper
>filter inside the clear plastic. I tried to start it, and it started as
>normal! I warmed it up a little and took off for a drive around the
>neighborhood. After a little cautious driving close to home in case it
>quit, I took off driving it like I stole it (per Frank). The thing went
>like Hell all over southern San Bernardino. About 15 minutes later I
>pulled up to my house and lifted the bonnet to observe the fuel filter
>and sure enough there was still only 1/8th inch of gas in it! The
>filter is at slight angle and the gas is actually only touching a corner
>of the pleated paper. How is this thing working? It shouldn't work,
>but it does. I must be a really good mechanic if I can make it run on
>an 1/8th inch of gas!
>Mike MacLean Supercharged 60 Sprite
>P.S. Fuel is flowing in the direction of the arrow moled on the plastic
>case of the filter. In other words, I did not install it backwards.
>
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