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MGB-GT MGB/GT Fuel Problems

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Jedi Knight
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Hello gents, my new 1974 MGB/GT was delivered to my aunt & uncle's house today, and I've spent the better part of the day working on it. I bought a new battery and installed it, and the electrics seem to work well. When I go to crank the car, the starter works and I hear a rapid ticking or clicking sound. The fuel pump, however, is not pumping fuel. What could be the problem?
 
Out of gas, maybe?
 
There was a few gallons in there before I started trying to crank it, I siphoned it out because I wasn't sure how long it was in there. I'll try it with some fresh gas tomorrow. I think I siphoned out between three and four gallons of "bad" gas.
 
Once you get gas flowing to the front of the car, you can better tell what you have...check for clogged PO gas filter underneath.
 
I removed the filter under the hood, to see if I was getting fuel. I will check tomorrow for an additional bodged one underneath the car.
 
Can I replace it with a hose from Autozone? If so, what size? If not, is there a Moss part #? Thanks for all of your help guys!
 
Any good quality fuel line should be okay. I ~think~ it'll be 5/16" but that needs confirming or a better memory than mine /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/wink.gif

Judges? /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/jester.gif
 
yeah, the new rubber hoses you find at a parts store chain will be more apt to resist the influences that Ethanol has on old rubber formulas; in theory anyways.
 
I'd try to get quality hose though, such as Goodyear or Gates, rather than trust to the roll of Tsinghai or whatever.
Jeff /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/rolleyes.gif
 
Agreed, my local Kragens has Goodyear onna roll that you just cut off the length you need/want. I nabbed several feet of EFI fuel line rated to 50PSI for a couple of bucks. Not that I'm ever going to put that much pressure in the line, but it's what they had on hand and I figured it'd be better than the super cheap crap I found at PepBoys a couple of years earlier. So, I replaced all the flex lines in my fuel system.
 
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