"Good"

[John Hofstetter <hofs@domain.elided>]

>Subject: GOOD
>
>Now that I've answered Michaels problem, let me ask the exact same
>question about Good. When I start her up I have to pour fuel into the
>carb fuel bowl to get her o run, when that runs out she dies. I haven't
>tried pulling the fuel feed off and seeing if there is fuel getting to
>the carb. I was going to try to pull the fuel filter off and see if
>there was fuel there, but the AC was in my way. I'm assuming it to be a
>fuel pump problem.

Danny, 
That fuel filter hiding behind the AC may very well be your problem and 
should be replaced before investing in a new fuel pump. If you do end up 
getting a new pump, you'll need to replace that filter anyway.

Just by way of blabbing a little more, I use two fuel filters, one just 
out of the tank and one just before the carb (actually fuel injection 
body). The one just past the tank has always been the one to get really 
full of crap, and is very easy to change, and to check on as it has the 
glass surrounding the filter element and you can see how dirty the filter 
is. I've always (should watch the use of absolutes, but they sound so 
good when I misuse them) had a fascination with the inline filters with 
the glass body so you can watch the fuel flow, but they aren't able to be 
used with the extremely high fuel pressures that are used on modern fuel 
injection vehicles. Fortunately, my Holley Pro-jection maintains and 
requires a pressure of 15 lbs. or less, so the glass body filters work 
great. Please note that I just said that I really like these filters, not 
that they were particularly good. I have no idea how well they filter, 
except they do accumulate a lot of crap in them. 


Well, that was quite a bit about nothing. Maybe you guys were better off 
when I wasn't around. Oh well, I'm leaving for the desert pretty soon, so 
I have to get my licks in while I'm here.

I sure like you guys, even those of you I've actually met. (grin)

Regards,

John H.