Now the Corolla is back on the road and my daily driver, my prior daily driver 50 year old V8 Ford Truck isn’t getting nearly the amount of use. It runs good, but after it sits unused for 5-7 days the fuel in the fuel bowl is presumably evaporating and doesn’t have enough fuel remaining for the en…

Install one of these back at the tank: [image] <a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/265753929045?epid=0&itmmeta=01HRG3W5GWV8WTR7J6W5JS7WBH&hash=item3de02b2555:g:1yAAAOSwJkBitM~v&itmprp=enc%3AAQAIAAAAwJvZUUReLiEDPf9ooHxsDlrLfmROLZJ6QFzyK%2Bn1FnPek40rpUPno3Bw9LlVZ1pizuQ5gMyfkAChMq48SYMIgwBAyGlxiYVIISA2REKRjMETYMCINy7JOTvV9X6I%2B8uGDugtg4NhnJk5P3jIYobgQjYCZzzXye64ZOPFr1ZGObjJL9%2FeK1qaW2AHGD2lAB4H07O1o5JXS0AS5FCA4cY5KIKqI4Yizb3Ioi2G3hHdpnm0IltwqPYX64dWfH--eyJBBA%3D%3D%7Ctkp%3ABlBMUNLY8IPEYw" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow ugc">Fuel Pump Carter P4600HP | eBay Part Number: P4600HP. Warranty Duration:No Warranty. People that look up auto parts for a living get paid to do it because it is not as easy as people might think. Auto Parts USA has over 40 years of auto …

[image] George_San_Jose1: But after a week, it has always taken noticeably more cranking. If it’s always been like this, then I’d live with it, or spend $90 on a new carb from Amazon (I was surprised that Rockauto was out of stock) to see if it improved things, instead of putting on an electr…

[Kevin Evans] Bad pitting on carburetor causing small fuel leak ford, carburetor, leak asked by Kevin Evans on 11:20PM - 27 Feb 16 UTC Tester

[image] texases: instead of putting on an electric pump I haven’t decided on the electric pump idea. New carb vs live w/it? I’d just live with the extended cranking time before risking introducing new problems w/ a replacement. If there were an easy way to prime the fuel bowl using a small…

You are thinking of someone else @George_San_Jose1 . I don’t know anyone with a Mustang from the same time as your pickup.

I believe George is thinking about Gorehamj’s friend with the MSD dist that was wired up wrong…

[image] jtsanders: You are thinking of someone else … I don’t know anyone with a Mustang from the same time as your pickup. Oops, DMP above is correct, @GorehamJ is the poster… here’s the relevant link [image] Updated 289 with starting issues Maintenance/Repairs …

Do you folks get confused by repair manuals which don’t use the words you expect them to? Was referencing my trucks repair manual the other day. It refers to the carb’s “accelerating pump” in half a dozen places. I was expecting “accelerator pump”. Just curious, does anyone in the car repa…

[image] George_San_Jose1: does anyone in the car repair business actually refer to that part as the “accelerating pump”? Those in the car repair business don’t give a crap what it’s called. We still know what it is. Does a hand wheel position sensor. or a steering wheel position sensor conf…

[image] George_San_Jose1: It refers to the carb’s “accelerating pump” in half a dozen places. I was expecting “accelerator pump”. Just curious, does anyone in the car repair business actually refer to that part as the “accelerating pump”? Slang names would really confuse you if a very similar…

Thin carburetor die castings were commonly pressure impregnated with resin after manufacturing to eliminate leakage due to porosity from contaminants in the metal . Time, solvents, gas additives, cleaning procedures, can open up the porosity. The leaks can be so small that the fuel evaporates as fas…

Carb's fuel bowl losing fuel, evaporating

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Oops, DMP above is correct, @GorehamJ is the poster… here’s the relevant link

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