fuel pump
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From: Charleston, SC
The middle section of fuel line would be easy to clean out with wire. Actually it might only be in two pieces... the one coming out of the tank and the other running forward to the fuel line. Yeah, I think that's how it goes. That one wouldn't be bad to snake out with the wire. You'd need to start at the rubber section of line under the back of the cab though, getting it through all the 90 degree turns coming out from the gas tank would be a huge pain.
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Now the problem seems to have migrated to the carb. I got all the lines clear, got a working siphon going from the tank to the fuel pump, and the pump sending gas to the carb. I put a new fuel filter on the pump. Got it running for about an hour last Saturday, warmed up nicely, sounded great. Shut it off, and haven't been able to keep it running since. I can dribble a little gas down the throat of the carb, and it'll start, run for a few seconds and die. It's like the carb doesn't want to play carburetor any more. I'm thinking I need to do a rebuild kit, but maybe I just need to clean it out? I've sprayed all over with carb cleaner.
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Joined: Mar 2004
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From: Springfield
what kind of carb is it? the rubber seals on the accelerator pump could be bad and you could be losing your pressure there, but I would start with the fuel pump, usually when they fail you have no doubts about it though.
