Posted by dmac
on 8/27/2008, 10:43 am, in reply to "Fuel filters, carb flooding, oh my!"
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--Previous Message--
: Well, I had to go "rescue"
: Amelia for the 2nd time late last
: week. A tiny piece of debris got
: between the needle and the seat of
: the carb causing the bowl to fill up
: and overflow.
:
: Car is a '63 Falcon, 170, with a new
: rebuilt fuel pump (from Advance
: Auto). Carb is (I think) an 1100,
: rebuilt by Holley and purchased at
: Auto Zone. You can see pictures of
: the carb and fuel pump here
:
:
: http://home.earthlink.net/~jimg185/index.html
:
: You will need to wait for the
: slideshow to get to the engine
: (sorry!). The greasy red engine has
: the carb and fuel pump in question.
: There's no air cleaner in place so
: you can see the carb.
:
: Wishing not to be stranded for this
: same reason yet again, we got
: serious last Sunday. We inspected
: the built-in fuel filter (the one
: that's mounted inside the fuel pump)
: and found that it was a folded-paper
: filer - just as you'd expect.
:
: So, I added an inline fuel filter
: under the car at the fuel tank. I
: realize that mounting the filter on
: the suction side of the fuel pump
: isn't the ideal way to go, but I'm
: hoping this is temporary, and I
: didn't want to butcher our underhood
: hard fuel line.
:
: My thinking is this: zillions of
: these cars ran just fine for years
: with nothing but a built-in fuel
: filter. I shouldn't need to add
: anythything. Is there a known issue
: with some of the built-in fuel
: filters being junk and others being
: good? Is there a magic "high
: quality" fuel filter out there
: somewhere that all you Falcon gurus
: discovered years ago? Am I being
: unrealistic in my expectation that
: we should be able to drive this car
: for more than a week without the
: carb gushing like a courthouse
: fountain?
:
: Please share any pertinent
: experience.
:
: Thanks in advance,
:
: Jim
:
when it's been sitting that long,drain the tank,flush and clean all steel lines,replace all flex lines,and do a carb.rebuild.while your at it junk the filter that came with it,and put an inline filter just before the carb.it sounds like a lot of work,but not that bad,and a lot less trouble then where you are heading.your tank should have a drain,mine does
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