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Old 06-29-2026, 02:28 PM
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Default It's Working

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Working so far and I'm happy enough for now.

Pumped pedal twice, cranked, nothing.

Ran the electric primer until it stopped buzzing.

Pumped pedal twice, cranked, fired like it should.

Fingers crossed it keeps doing this.
Son came up for father's day. Car had been sitting for a couple months since last started so gave me a chance to check out the primer pump.

As you can hear in the video, it took about 15 seconds of electric pump operation to fill the bowl, then I hit the gas pedal to set the choke and get the accelerator pump in the carb squirting. It took only 3 short starter bursts to fire off, which is a HUGE improvement over waiting for the mechanical pump to fill the carb.

Good enough!

Link to Video of Cold Start Using Primer Pump