[Spridgets] Mike's fuelish Bugeye

[derf]

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On Fri, Jul 24, 2020 at 11:48 AM Weslake1330 <weslake1330 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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