I just finished replacing my old starter with a mini on my '72 demon. The old one was cooked and would spin but then not stop spinning. The new mini got a blanket and new wires.
The starter works great, but after getting the car all back together I could not start it. I was getting spark, and I got a healthy motor, so I figured it was a fuel problem. I sprayed a little ether and voom! put, put, stop. poured a little gas in the carb- voom! put, put stop.
I got the car after it had been sitting for fifteen years, rebuilt the carb, and I've been driving it every day for a few months. It clogs a fuel filter every three weeks or so. I've been using plastic see-thru filters so that I can tell when one is all browned out. I know Im probably stupid for not cleaning the tank out, but I figured I could just keep changing filters until the tank is clean.
The filter on the car is dirty, but not clogged yet, so I checked the fuel line at the pump (gastank side, not carb side)- pulled it off and nothing came out! Found my problem
So I figured I would keep on rigging it because the demon is scheduled for a complete overhaul once my swinger is back on the road. I put a longer hose on the tank hard line where it stops in the passenger fender area and blew in it. I felt something move, and when I lowered the hose some gas began trickling out. I plugged it back up to the fuel pump, but still nothing much was squirting up to the carb. I can tell the pump is doing something because the small amount of fuel in the filter was moving around when I cranked the motor.
It was real late and I was tired and frustrated and went to bed, but not before inspecting the fuel system a little because it seems different on my '72 demon than on my 73 swinger. The tank has 2 lines (feed, vent?) that go to hard lines that travel up to the front of the car. I didn't see where the vent went but not to a charcoal can (PO changes? stock?) The hard lines look kind of skinny, maybe they are constricted further by the brown muck in the gastank?
I can drive my motorcycle to work in the meantime (just got a gel seat )
but I want to fix this asap and I am weighing my options:-blow out hard lines with air, replace soft lines, drop tank and clean out tank and fittings
-replace hard lines with bigger soft hose or hard lines, clean out tank and pump
-set up electric fuel pump with maybe dual filters and regulator, bypass mech. fuel pump (in anticipation of dropping in 408 stroker
dont worry, my swinger will stay /6)Anyway, sorry for being long winded. Any advice is appreciated.
Thanks
Kevin
Hope this helps.
