Re: [ihc] Maybe the End to My Wartime Motor :(

["T.R.E.Jr." <T_R_E_Jr@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

-Tom,

---Already thought of that one. While I was pulling the pan, I unmounted the
carb and set it over a large pan, turned on the fuel pump and let it run for
a good 5 minutes, no fuel leaking past the diaphragm or anywhere else. Will
pull the intake bolts and put thread sealer on them again just to make sure
that fuel didn't get in past them, but I would have noticed that* much fuel
on the outside of the motor.

---Maybe it was the beginnings of "hydrolock" that I was experiencing.
<shrug>

---Thank you,
-T.R.E.Jr.
-`73 Scout II (StoneThrower)
-`51 Farmall H (Heinz)
-`49 IH fridge (presently unnamed and in need of a compressor)
-`49 Plymouth Special Deluxe 4-door Sedan (Papapalooza)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Reed" <treed@domain.elided>
To: <ihc@domain.elided>
Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2003 8:43 PM
Subject: Re: [ihc] Maybe the End to My Wartime Motor :(


> TRE,
>
> A thought on the gas in your crankcase. A possible source is a bad
diaphram
> on the fuel pump. A bad diaphram with a small hole/crack in it will allow
> fuel to  fill up the pump and run into the crank case via the actuator
> levor.
>
> You might remove the pump and see if fuel is where its not supposed to be.
> What you describe is a lot of fuel to leak past the rings with out hydro
> locking the engine.
>
>
> Tom Reed