Carb loading

[patrick flowers]

>
> In a message dated 10/19/98 5:35:03 PM Central Daylight Time,

>
> the electric tank selector valve and the fuel pump, the other between the
> fuel pump and the carb. I had a problem this summer just as you have
> described and I found that my elect. solenoid value (tank selector) was
> not operating >>
>
> Please do not put anything between the fuel pump and the carb!
> They put that steel line there so that there was nothing plastic
> or rubber that close to the hot engine. Yes, if you maintain your
> coach as if it were religion you may not have a problem------most
> dont. Sorry there I go again sounding like Wes. Sorry

Arch,

Sometimes(and this is one of them) Wes is right! I'm probably stepping
on some toes here, but these coaches ran fine without electric fuel
pumps when they left the factory. If one needs an electric fuel pump to
run right now, then I suspect it's covering up another problem.

Patrick
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[dick kennedy]

I can't resist this one guys! When I got mine it had rubber hose and a fuel
filter between the carburetor and fuel pump. That should have been a tip off
that there were other maintenance items that had been neglected but
sometimes I'm a slow learner. Anyway my family rides in there and I didn't
like the idea of pumping gas on a hot engine so the very first thing I did
was replace that line with steel. Then the fuel pump was weak so I replaced
it while I was in there. When a suction line breaks nothing explodes.
Problem solved!

Had electric fuel pumps even been invented when these were built? Mine still
has plenty of things that really are broke.

Dick

>>
>> In a message dated 10/19/98 5:35:03 PM Central Daylight Time,

>>
>> > the electric tank selector valve and the fuel pump, the other between the
>> fuel pump and the carb. I had a problem this summer just as you have
>> described and I found that my elect. solenoid value (tank selector) was
>> not operating >>
>>
>> Please do not put anything between the fuel pump and the carb!
>> They put that steel line there so that there was nothing plastic
>> or rubber that close to the hot engine. Yes, if you maintain your
>> coach as if it were religion you may not have a problem------most
>> dont. Sorry there I go again sounding like Wes. Sorry
>
>Arch,
>
>Sometimes(and this is one of them) Wes is right! I'm probably stepping
>on some toes here, but these coaches ran fine without electric fuel
>pumps when they left the factory. If one needs an electric fuel pump to
>run right now, then I suspect it's covering up another problem.
>
>Patrick
>--
>Patrick Flowers
>Mailtoatri63
>
>The GMC Motorhome Page
>http://www.gmcmotorhome.com
>
>