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Hi Keith,
Just got a new fuel pump installed a couple of days ago and finally was able to test drive today. Drove around a bit at 45mph and had no problem! I replaced the original fuel/vac pump with one of the fuel only pumps (glass sediment bowl). Took a while to get fuel from the tank to the...
Replaced the gas with E0 90. It idles smooth and is fine in 1st,2nd and 3rd but when I get up to 40-45 it will start missing and lose power. Can only get about a mile down the road before it happens. Should have mentioned this before but the guy I bought it from had converted it to electronic...
Thanks for the tips cucvmule! I'm definitely going to drive it more this year. Taking wife to the Dairy Queen a few times a week should help (kill 2 birds with 1 stone).
Frank
Thanks Phil! Just came in from the barn after draining 20 gal of gas out of the tank. I then started it up and let it run until it died from fuel starvation. Put 3 gal of E0 in and pumped the crap out of the primer lever on the fuel pump. Cranked for a little bit and then fired right up...
Thanks Beastmaster. I'm kind of a newbie but I did know about the ethanol thing. My mistake was thinking that the state (Michigan) required gas stations to label the pumps ethanol or not. So, there was ethanol in the tank and I did use Stabil when I put it away. What should I do now?
I bought a 1954 M37 in great mechanical condition a year ago and used it for parades and antique car shows. It ran fine all summer. Stored in my barn for the winter (7 months), fuel tank full. Took it for a test drive to make sure all was well before participating in the Cherry Festival parades...
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