Re: [T3] Electric fuel primer pump (was: Parts, parts, parts!)

[Toby Erkson <air_cooled_nut@pobox.com>]

<x-flowed>Excellent idea, Jim!  I'm gonna do that on the Lightsider.

Because my baby doesn't get used as often and she's back to using a 
mechanical pump, I was already thinking of an electric fuel primer 
pump.  What I'm wondering is, does it matter what position the 
mechanical fuel pump is in when the electric pump pushes fuel?  There 
are internal valves to keep the fuel in the mech. pump from back-flowing 
when it's drawing fuel instead of pumping it to the carbs.  Would this 
make any difference?

 Toby Erkson  --  http://www.icbm.org/
 '72 VW Squareback Darksider, 5-speed, 2.0L, rag top
 '72 VW Squareback Lightsider, automatic, FI, sunroof, gas heater
 '95 VW Jetta ~ SCCA Solo 2 EP #3; '73 Porsche 914; '81 Honda Gold Wing
 Portland, Oregon



Jim Adney wrote:

> ... I really like the little pushbuttons I
>
> install to run the pump briefly before even running the starter...
>
> I wonder if one could hook up an electric pump with carbs AND the usual 
> mechanical pump, just to run by pushbutton to get things primed.
>  

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