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Reply to "Electric Fuel Pump to Prime carb after car sits for period of time"

@ronwitt posted:

Hi All, Happy New Year! I have a stock Pre-L 72 Pantera with Motorcraft 4300D D2ZF-AA carb. If I dont start the car every week the carb fuel bowl seems to evaporate and needs a lot of cranking to start the engine. If I start one day and turn around and start again the next day it fires right up. I'm thinking about adding an Electric fuel pump to just fill the carb bowl with a separate on/off switch. I will only use to prime the carb then turn off so need a flow-thru pump and probably 5.5psi rate? Has anyone done this for recommendations on type of pump, location of mounting pump and switch? Thanks for advice, not interested in switching to different carb/manifold or EFI. Thanks and Happy New Year! Ron

Hi Ron, before you invest in an electric pump and all manor of other bits and pieces, you might want to try my trick. I have a pretty stock 351C with mechanical pump and carb with electric choke. When the car has sat for a while, e.g. one or more months. I get in the car, don't touch the accelerator, and I crank the car for around 10-15 seconds, during this time, I see the oil pressure come up, which is a nice benefit when cold starting an engine. I stop cranking and pump the accelerator about 9-10 times to cock the choke and put some fuel into the intake, then I crank again and it starts immediately.

Cheers, Tim.

Last edited by timsteren
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