Date:         Sat, 11 May 2013 18:27:22 -0400
Reply-To:     Steve Cotsford <cotsford@AOL.COM>
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From:         Steve Cotsford <cotsford@AOL.COM>
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Warnings are heeded.     I do not have a fire extinguisher close by but otherwise I'm not in bad shape.   Proper tools are in the plan and I use clear tubing to check for flow.     All my work lights are LED and usually worn on the head.

The county fire marshal lives right opposite.   Does that count ;-)

Steve

On May 11, 2013, at 6:17 PM, raceingcajun wrote:

> 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.