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I took a plastic bottle and whittled an undersized hole in the cap and jammed in a piece of thin hose/tubing. Only issue is, how much does the bowl hold? First time I tried I ended up dumping a ton of fuel down the carb. I let it sit for days, or a week or so, then put just a couple of ounces in the bottle and added it to the carb. Don't have to fill the bowl, just get enough in there to keep it running long enough to prime the pump and the lines.
I took a plastic bottle and whittled an undersized hole in the cap and jammed in a piece of thin hose/tubing. Only issue is, how much does the bowl hold? First time I tried I ended up dumping a ton of fuel down the carb. I let it sit for days, or a week or so, then put just a couple of ounces in the bottle and added it to the carb. Don't have to fill the bowl, just get enough in there to keep it running long enough to prime the pump and the lines.
Depending get how much went down carb you could have waited 15 to 30 min. Then try and start by holding pedal to the floor.
You can tell when the bowl is full gas will spit out where the hose goes in the bowl vent.
Dave ----
Ok, that's a problem. Now to figure out what is causing it. When you finally get this thing started on starting fluid and warmed up, did it run ok or did it have a bad hesitation when you hit the gas pedal? I am trying to determine if your accelerator pump is bad, or you just do not have any fuel in the carburetor.
If it has a bad hesitation when you have been driving it, that is a clue the accelerator pump in the carb has a problem, and you have been getting puny dribbles all the time. And that is why you are having a hard time starting it, you can't squirt any fuel in there to help it get going.
If it has been driving fine when you finally get it going, then I suspect you do not have any fuel in the carb. I would pull the fuel line off the carb and put a rubber hose on it and point it in a bucket. Then crank the engine over, you should have strong spurts of fuel coming out of the hose when you crank the engine.
I pulled the fuel line, it's metal. I just unhooked it because I really didn't expect anything to squirt out, to my surprise...it did. I tried it twice and there were two squirts that squirted out. It was no geyser, but I could see it for sure.
I then attempted to take the top off of the carb to have a look inside...but got jammed up after taking the star-bits out. It was attached in the back by the levers that move with the butterfly valve and at least one other.
At that point, I got scared and backed off at that point. Didn't want do f*#% things up further than they already are.
So, I've still got an 85' f150 that won't crank over...just spins and spins and spins. Super frustrating.
Yep that's the bowl vent to the motor side.
There might be one on the front side, kind of looks like a fuel line would hook to it.
That is the bowl vent to the charcoal canisters under the battery.
Dave ----
Once you get fuel in the carb, see if you get a good stream of fuel into the engine when you open the throttle wide open (engine still off). Your problem is looking like the carb, we now need to figure out what is wrong with the carb.
Once you get fuel in the carb, see if you get a good stream of fuel into the engine when you open the throttle wide open (engine still off). Your problem is looking like the carb, we now need to figure out what is wrong with the carb.
yes, nice little spurt each time I hit the throttle
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