On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 10:13:41PM -0500, Jim Thompson wrote:
> Sounds like vapor lock. Do you have rubber fuel line?
After sitting over night? I doubt it.
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Dale:
Maybe the bolt was not long enough. I cant remeber the length but I have always
just grabbed a longer bolt and finger tightened it into the
Sounds like vapor lock. Do you have rubber fuel line?
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what
y, November 30, 2010 2:15:45 PM
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I just recently changed the fuel pump on my 67 327 and tried the bolt trick.
Even using a longer bolt that I could physically feel in the push rod hole, the
bolt never contacted the push rod; the rod ran underneath th
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Every hard starting SB Chevy I ever owned, had either a weak or bad fuel pump
which made it hard to start.
Yes pull the short bolt and stick longer bolt which will hold the fuel pump
push rod up.
Larry
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This was kind of on the line I was thinking, when the fuel pressure is
measured- I quickly get 6 psi but it drops right off when I stop cranking. I
also had the fuel line problem as discussed but replacing
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This was kind of on the line I was thinking, when the fuel pressure is
measured- I quickly get 6 psi but it drops right off when I stop cranki
This was kind of on the line I was thinking, when the fuel pressure is
measured- I quickly get 6 psi but it drops right off when I stop cranking. I
also had the fuel line problem as discussed but replacing that did not do much
good, neither did the carb overhaul. are there any tricks out the
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what could be the possible cause on a 350 chev engine after sitting over
night the car will not start, it cranks and cranks and i can pump
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what could be the possible cause on a 350 chev engine after sitting over
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> what could be the possible cause on a 350 chev engine after sitting over
> night the car will not start, it cranks and cranks and
I would check the choke and accelerator pump on the carb.
Darren
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what could be the possible cause on a 350 chev engine after sitting over
night the car will not start, it cranks and cranks and i can pump the heck out
of it to no avail, i need to pour a small amount of fuel down the carb,
than it will start and run just fine. if it sits a few hours it will sta
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