Re: [MV] m151a1 starting problems.

Joe Foley (redmenaced@yahoo.com)
Thu, 12 Aug 1999 16:55:44 -0700 (PDT)

--- Antoine Compin <acompin@earthlink.net> wrote:
> Also, if the engine runs for a little while before
> dying, check
> the venting of your gas tank... if it dies quickly
> however, it
> won't be that...
> Antoine
+++++++++++++++++++++
That's a good point! One of my generators will run for about an hour
before it trys to suck the tank flat.

Hey, wait a minute!

Have you got the right gas cap on that Mutt? Didn't the A2 have an
unvented one?

Joe
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Renaud OLGIATI <rolgiati@conexion.com.py>
> To: Jason Rose <m151a1@micron.net>; Gavin Broad
> <invest@portsmouth-mann.com>; <mil-veh@skylee.com>
> Sent: Thursday, August 12, 1999 6:50 AM
> Subject: Re: [MV] m151a1 starting problems.
>
>
> > At 05:54 12/08/99 -0600, Jason Rose wrote:
> > >I have never had any starting problems at all
> with this jeep,
> now I can't
> > >get it started for the life of me. I replaced
> fuel pump with
> a mechanical
> > >one, replaced all fuel lines, removed old fuel
> pump, cleaned
> carburetor,
> > >etc. It starts if I squirt a little fuel in the
> carb, but it
> quickly dies.
> > >I'm baffled. What should I check? What should I
> do?
> >
> > Disconnect fuel line at the carb and crank over;
> >
> > Does fuel squirt out ?
> >
> > Yes:
> > problem likely at carb end: float valve stuck,
> inlet fuel
> strainer
> > blocked...,
> >
> > No:
> > problem on the other side: air leak into the
> pipes, pipes
> kinked/blocked,
> > fuel strainer blocked (if there is one ?)
> > or at the pump itself: no drive, diaphragm torn,
> check valves
> stuck (open
> > OR closed, buggers it either way ;-)
> >
> > Use your brain, man, and work at it in a logical
> manner.
> >
> > Ron the Frog, in Darkest Paraguay.
> >
> > There is a basic mental weakness evidenced by
> anyone
> > who would blame a tool for the foibles of its
> wielder.
> > --
> http://personales.conexion.com.py/~rolgiati/ --
> >
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