fwtexasbj8
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Having fuel pump issues with my wife's TR6. Drove it last weekend and all of a sudden, it was missing and had no power. It would start and then quickly die with a typical fuel problem. I found the fuel pump inlet tube lose and figured I was getting air into the inlet side of the pump and once I tightened it, expected everything would be resolved but not the case. Ended up getting towed home. I replaced the fuel filter which is installed just ahead of the pump inlet and still no joy. I have loosened both the inlet and exit of the pump and seem to have fuel at both locations but very little at the carburetor inlet. I even limped to the gas station and added 5 gallons of fuel hoping the additional fuel head would prime the pump. I removed the pump today and it feels like the diaphragm is in tact and the pump feels like it is trying to pump in my hand.
I would have thought the mechanical pump would self-prime so can anyone tell me how to prime it? Also, while I had the pump off, I pulled the top dome and found the screen clear, but the clear-white plastic ring around the screen edge was nearly disintegrated and bunched in the bottom of the bowl. With the filter just up stream of the pump, do I really need this screen as I cannot find just the screen from any of the usual suppliers assuming the pump is still good?
Thanks for the help,
Doug
I would have thought the mechanical pump would self-prime so can anyone tell me how to prime it? Also, while I had the pump off, I pulled the top dome and found the screen clear, but the clear-white plastic ring around the screen edge was nearly disintegrated and bunched in the bottom of the bowl. With the filter just up stream of the pump, do I really need this screen as I cannot find just the screen from any of the usual suppliers assuming the pump is still good?
Thanks for the help,
Doug