[Spridgets] Fuel Draw

[Jeff Kelly]

Mike, You need to prime the pump.  I have in the past been able to do 
that by cupping my hands around the fuel filler and blowing into the 
tank..  It does not take much pressure to force fuel into the pick-up.  
Do this with the pump running.    There may be better ways to pressurize 
the tank, but I have had good luck with this methods. Good luck.

Jeff Kelly

On 4/4/2019 12:28 PM, Rick Fisk via Spridgets wrote:
> Sorry about your problems Mike, but you guys that live in SoCal and 
> complain about "winter" crack me up.  You don't have winter.  You 
> should have been driving your Bugeye every day.  :-)
>
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> On Apr 4, 2019, at 10:47 AM, Larry Macy via Spridgets 
> <spridgets at autox.team.net <mailto:spridgets at autox.team.net>> wrote:
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>> If you pull the hose off the pump, does fuel flow there?? Or did you 
>> try this already? Just checking.
>>
>> Larry
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>>> On Apr 4, 2019, at 9:09 AM, Michael MacLean via Spridgets 
>>> <spridgets at autox.team.net <mailto:spridgets at autox.team.net>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hoses are probably ten years old and ethanol proof type.  The pump 
>>> is higher than the pump pickup line.
>>> Mike M
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>>>     On Thu, Apr 4, 2019 at 4:19 AM, Howard Collins
>>>     <miniac7 at aol.com <mailto:miniac7 at aol.com>> wrote:
>>>     How old are the fuel hoses?
>>>
>>>     Is gravity supplying fuel from the tank to the pump?
>>>
>>>     Sent from my iPhone
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>>>     On Apr 4, 2019, at 2:27 AM, Michael MacLean
>>>     <rrengineer.mike at att.net <mailto:rrengineer.mike at att.net>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>     I have the pump mounted just above the axle mounted at the top
>>>>     of the sheet metal hump.  The filter is just before the carb.
>>>>     Mike M
>>>>
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>>>>         On Wed, Apr 3, 2019 at 8:29 PM, Howard Collins
>>>>         <miniac7 at aol.com <mailto:miniac7 at aol.com>> wrote:
>>>>         Where is the pump located, front or rear?
>>>>
>>>>         Howard Collins
>>>>
>>>>         Sent from my iPhone
>>>>
>>>>         > On Apr 3, 2019, at 6:54 PM, Mike MacLean via Spridgets
>>>>         <spridgets at autox.team.net
>>>>         <mailto:spridgets at autox.team.net>> wrote:
>>>>         >
>>>>         >  My Bugeye has been sitting all winter.  I am trying to
>>>>         get it running again after a front suspension rebuild and a
>>>>         rear axle leak repair.  All kinds of mechanical work and
>>>>         new plugs, new bellows on the steering rack, etc., etc.
>>>>         >    I replaced the old gas in the tank that sat all
>>>>         winter.  The gas in California is crap and goes bad in a
>>>>         matter of weeks. So, I turn the key and the Facet pump runs
>>>>         furiously, but no gas gets to the pump.  Of course it won't
>>>>         start.  This is the same tank I have been using since the
>>>>         restoration in 2000. Pump gone bad?  This Facet pump
>>>>         replaced the old Facet pump several years ago. What kind of
>>>>         length of service should I be getting from this pump, if
>>>>         that is the problem?
>>>>         > Mike MacLean
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