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Hi, Since 1 week my car is "sleeping" in the garage with a fuel problem ! 1 week ago i put a new rebuilt mechanical pump, filled the tank and started a 200 miles trip. I made only 10 miles, at the first hard grade the engine began to miss ... Come back home w/o problem (and took the roadmonster !). This week i tried to solve the problem which was, i was sure, the "new" pump. First i tried monday to start the car. Nothing !! Starting motor ran but the engine coudn't fire.. I remove the output hose of the pump : no fuel if i ran the engine .... So the pump was bad. I decided to re-install the Holley electrical pump but before i made some test with the "new" pump off the car: the pump works when i made several stroke with the input hose in a jerrican ! So i installed (on the ground, at front, with flying wires) the elect. pump. Input was at the fuel tank to pump end (near the front wheel) and output was in a jar. By chance (and because i haven't other hose) i put a clear plastic hose as input hose of the Holley pump. I connect the 12V and saw that the pump delivers just a little fuel (1 pint in 5 mn !!) with a lot of air bubbles, sometimes no fuel, then a little, with erratic flow.. I thought that the pump wasn't in "the good place" (note that i tested it before with a jerrican and the pump delivers a lot of fuel). These electrical pumps must push and not pull. So i installed it at the rear, near the tank. Same results !! Can't supply fuel for a 1/18th thermic car !!!! And as before, air in the fuel .. I thought that i've an air leak somewhere between front and rear of the rigid line so i made a test pressure : i plugged the rear end of the fuel line (between rubber hose and fuel sender unit)and applied 30 PSI at the front end of the line. No leak !!! So it seems that i've an air leak in the fuel sender tube (at the upper end because the tank is full ..) !!! Someone has still have a problem like that ? If you 've some ideas ... One of the reasons this is soooo long is to try to help Phillipe Courant sort out some of his drive line trouble. I believe his car is a '57 but, with the exception of how to tilt the 3rd member, the issues are the same. I'll make it shorter next time.Thanks Gary but at this time i must first resolve my fuel problem ... I keep your mesage for future --
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