Date:         Sat, 11 May 2013 17:17:59 -0500
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From:         raceingcajun <raceingcajun@COMMUNICOMM.COM>
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I'm sure I'll get the standard horse laugh, for saying this but I'll except
it all the same. I hope there is a fire extinguisher handy with all this: I
SEE GAS FLOWING, I HAVE SPARK, I DON'T HAVE SPARK,  I DON'T SEE RETURN FLOW,
I DON'T HAVE A PRESSURE GAUGE.

Please get the proper equipment to test the fuel system. No fire
extinguisher is the formula for disaster. Electrical arc's and opened fuel
flow is a bad combination.

I had a neighbor burn his house to the ground once, changing the mechanical
fuel pump on a Fo&d pick up. It was cold and he was working in the attached
garage. He was manually testing the new pump with the feed line hooked  up,
while the exit line was opened and sprayed his drop light with gas. That was
all it took, by the time he got wife, kids and dog out of the house,  that
whole side of it was engulfed.

Fuel system diagnosis 101

Get proper tools!
Get fire extinguisher!
Work away from house!
Have some one else around!

Please note: This gentleman was an experienced independent shop mechanic
with 7 years hands on under his belt.

If I have rung the bell un-necessarily, please disregard warnings!

Howard


Subject: Re: Bluestar project…no start yet


> If you hot wire the fuel pump on, fuel should gush from the return side
> of the pressure regulator if the fuel supply system is working.
>> I have run the pump to pressurize the system.    I see no fuel on the
>> return side of the pressure regulator however.    I think this means that
>> I am not building enough pressure to cause it to relieve although I can
>> feel a vibration on the regulator while the pump is running.
>>I don't have a gauge on hand yet.