Mickey Dale
True Classic
Hello good, good people.
Car has been running great once it gets started (but if the car had been stood for a few days, it always took some cranking to get it started). Last week the car ran better than it had in a while. It was as though I'd found an extra 10 horse power! I took the car home, parked her up and she sat for a week or so. And now, she won't start at all. Then I saw that the inline glass fuel filter fitted to the hose between the tank and the fuel pump was bone dry. I pulled the hose from the pump that goes to the carb. Pump not pulling anything through. I can suck fuel from the tank, so it would appear that there is no blockage there. Perhaps it's just the fuel pump (it's not old, maybe 2 years). I ordered a pump in the UK from Eurosport. They don't sell the actuator rod that operates the pump from the engine block. I bought new hoses too. Pump will arrive tomorrow. I hope there's nothing more serious lurking inside the engine...
I'll know more tomorrow, but I have no garage so it's a case of jacking the car up and getting very dirty on the ground!
Car has been running great once it gets started (but if the car had been stood for a few days, it always took some cranking to get it started). Last week the car ran better than it had in a while. It was as though I'd found an extra 10 horse power! I took the car home, parked her up and she sat for a week or so. And now, she won't start at all. Then I saw that the inline glass fuel filter fitted to the hose between the tank and the fuel pump was bone dry. I pulled the hose from the pump that goes to the carb. Pump not pulling anything through. I can suck fuel from the tank, so it would appear that there is no blockage there. Perhaps it's just the fuel pump (it's not old, maybe 2 years). I ordered a pump in the UK from Eurosport. They don't sell the actuator rod that operates the pump from the engine block. I bought new hoses too. Pump will arrive tomorrow. I hope there's nothing more serious lurking inside the engine...
I'll know more tomorrow, but I have no garage so it's a case of jacking the car up and getting very dirty on the ground!