Re: [Chrysler300] two questions

[Ray Jones <hurst300@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

John;
You can't fix it if you don't know what's wrong. So you need to verify 
the conditions in the "won't start" mode.

This is one of those "take the bull by the horns" jobs. If your problem 
is consistant, then do the hard thing. Go out and before doing anything 
else, take off the Carb top and see just what's in the bowl. This will 
help indicate what the problem is. If empty, then the gas had to leak 
thru a passage (Main Jet) into the  manifold. It can't be sucked out of 
the bowl back to the tank. That path is above the bowl and controlled 
by the float. If full of gas, the seat is closed, if empty that seat is 
open, but in any event, above the gas level and gas can't be siphoned.

You probably have another problem also, and that is a weak pump. Just 
not strong enough to pull the gas from the tank on the slow cranking 
speeds.  Needs  the running speed toe get enough pump action. This is 
why you can dump some gas into the throat and it will start, then run. 
The fast speed (Pumping action) gets gas up fast to the bowl, and all's 
well.

Not sure what filter you have but a see thru one would be of help here. 
You would know by looking if there's any gas in the line.

I know you're too good a mechanic to let this stump you for long.

Good luck, Ray

On Jul 18, 2006, at 6:32 AM, John J. Hertog wrote:

> 1/ where can one purchase a brand new tinted windshield, of the 
> straight
>  (non-bubble) variety, as used on a 300G hardtop (other than Timo 
> Tanskanen)
>
>  2/ what is the cause of - and the cure for - fuel "drainback" (other 
> than
>  installing an electric fuel pump) ? Some of my Mopars can sit for two,
>  three weeks or more, and, after a couple of cranks, they fire right 
> up.
>  Some others, after sitting for 48 hours, need to be cranked for a 
> LONG time
>  in order to get fuel back up to the carburetor. There has to be a 
> reason
>  for this - any comments ?
>
>  John Hertog
>
>  Sag Harbor NY
>
>  [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
>  
>   

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