[Spridgets] Mike's fuelish Bugeye

[Weslake1330]

One of my friends has a 66 Mustang, here in the UK.

On Fri, 24 Jul 2020 at 16:24, derf via Spridgets <spridgets at autox.team.net>
wrote:

> I had one of the black Facet pumps go out on my 1966 Mustang after about
> two months in which time it had very little use.  It made the noises but
> didn't deliver the goods.  I think something happened with an internal
> bypass, maybe.  I replaced it with a similar pump and haven't had any
> trouble since but have been using non-Ethanol gas from "the blue handle" at
> the pump.
> Regards,
> Derf
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 22, 2020 at 9:46 AM crusaderchuck55--- via Spridgets <
> spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote:
>
>> Alrighty then! ( Ace Ventura moment!)
>> I am smelling a rat in the fuel delivery system not the carb!
>> First is your fuel pump set up at the tank or in the engine compartment?
>>  That's a beginning.   Pumps seem to like being close to the tank pushing
>> fuel as opposed to being well away from the tank and pulling fuel.
>> These fuel tanks have a fixed pick up tube in them that can be a real
>> pain in the posterior if anything has obstructed the tube , end of the tube
>> rusted off or a tank sealer applied and glued the tube shut or tank sealer
>> applied wrong & peeling off , clogging the pickup tube.   Another fun one (
>> happened to my car early in my ownership!) Is the lost has cap , rag
>> stuffed in the filler neck and OOPS , rag ended up in the tank!   Does
>> nothing initially but eventually the electric pump sucked the tag against
>> th e pickup tube , and sediment fouled the rag and it acted like a blocked
>> fuel filter.  Started , ran for a bit and would quit...  That drove me
>> crazy until I dropped the tank , pulled the sending unit and looks into the
>> tank !
>> Mike somewhere you have a restriction keeping your fuel from freely
>> flowing from the pickup in the tank to feed your pump.   Possibly an
>> internally collapsing rubber fuel line connecting pump to tank?   This
>> ethanol fuel has done some rather odd stuff to rubber components over
>> time.
>> Just some thoughts which might point you in a direction of discovering
>> what is wrong.
>> Chuck
>>
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