All Small Six Fuel pump madness

[marquis83]

Long time no see

Back again as the marquis has once again decided to stop running.

Anyone seeing issues with new mechanical fuel pumps being dead straight out of the box?

My car died on the way home from buying groceries, did some quick troubleshooting to see no fuel getting to carb.

Ran to O'reillys and bought the pump they had in stock for $40.

Put it on the car, still nothing.

Got the car towed home. Poured gas in the carb. It runs.

Order a carter pump from rock auto for $20.

Same problem. No fuel getting to carb.

I tried blowing air through the fuel line and got gas to overflow from the gas tank, so no clog.

At this point I could have bought an edelbrock electric inline pump.

So do I play the fuel pump lottery again and buy one from napa?

 

[DON]

1:Stuck float valve??
2:Clogged screen in the tank??
3: Install a pressure guage

 

[vssman]

It’s not surprising. Mechanical pumps seem to have gone to crap these days. And, when they work, they seem to put out too much fuel pressure. It looks like electric is turning into the way to go.