So I tried starting the T'all yesterday. It wasn't in the garage, but on the drive in a slightly nose-down orientation. Engine wouldn't catch, so I turned off the key. Engine kept cranking (yeowww!). Stuck solenoid - hop out REAL quick, pop hood to d/c battery. Least of problems! Gasoline pouring out of every nook and cranny and throttle shafts, of the TQ (this is a new bowl and fresh rebuild, so bowl not cracked), manifold awash, running down exhaust manifold also. Good thing engine didn't fire up.

First thoughts were of stuck floats, but somehow that doesn't seem just right. Took carb apart and didn't see anything out of the ordinary. Brass floats fine. Can mechanical fuel pumps fail or go otherwise goofy and simply force out fuel at high pressure? Since truck was slightly nose-down for a day, I can't imagine that it could siphon out the carb (or could it? Won't the floats and fuel pump on a non-running engine prevent that?)

Anyway, I'll spend the $17 at NAPA for a new fuel pump, and get a new starter while I am at it.

:mad3:

While you are at Napa buy a Ford starter solenoid and add that to the starter system. You'll eliminate any hot start problems, and have a single wire to pull to kill the starter circuit.

Joe

Same thing happened to me, sort of. I picked up a '79 T'er that had been sitting for 6 years. Put fresh gas in it and fired it up. Ran for a while then died. Looked under the hood and saw a bunch of gas leakin' out of the TQ. Let it set for a day or two and fired it up again. No leaks this time. Moral of the story is let the gaskets soak up a little gas, they swell and seal. I ran it yesterday and had no gas leaks at all.

Z

Originally posted by jdjanda
While you are at Napa buy a Ford starter solenoid and add that to the starter system. You'll eliminate any hot start problems, and have a single wire to pull to kill the starter circuit.

Joe
Good tip Bud !

check you oil for gas


I learnt that the hard way :nuke: :eek: