Date:         Sat, 10 Jan 2004 20:24:18 -0700
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From:         Gnarlodious <gnarlodious@EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject:      Re: Diesel pump!
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Entity Rex Merriweather spoke thus:

> they all sat for about a year.
I wonder if you're plugging it in and expecting it to go? Because that won't
work. It's not an air pump.
You have to put an intake tube on the pump and give it an "infusion", that
is to force fuel in there until it has something to pump. It doesn't take
much force either, siphoning works well enough, but farting around with
those blasted fittings is the problem You can make a special infusion tube
with an extra fitting to bolt on the pump. Just make sure it's clean inside
first. Get a siphon going and pop that hose on and crank it with the output
tubes loose.

> Also, when turning the pump by hand, should
> it turn easily or hard?
Hard.

--  Gnarlie
http://www.Gnarlodious.com/Vanagon/Vanagon.html