[Healeys] Mystery....part 3

[Skip Saunders]

That makes sense...normally.  But Healeys are special cars...we can hear the
fuel pump..:-).   Since I could hear the fuel pump running until pressure
was built up in the lines, the "checking for fuel" step was mostly done....

Nevertheless, you are right, it is easily possible for the fuel supply to
the carb to be a problem downstream from the pump.  That is why in part 2 I
described removing the fuel hose from the carbs and checking that I indeed
had fuel pressure to the carbs...(sprays the gasoline all over the place, so
it is important to only do this for a short time...lol).

Thanks
-skip-



-----Original Message-----
From: healeys-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Simon Lachlan
Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 9:26 AM
To: 'Healey List'
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Mystery....part 3

If I remember right, we were taught to check fuel at the delivery end
first......if there is plenty of fuel getting to the carb(s), then you have
eliminated the potential problems between source (tank) and delivery (carb).
This was in the army and we were not being taught clever/high tech stuff
(surprise!)....just the very basics. But there is a bit of logic in there?
Same with the ignition...spark plugs first.
Simon
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