Re: Saved a wad today

"Snag"  wrote in message news:104gu0n$soh9$1@dont-email.me...
  I saved on the clutch only to find the new in March fuel pump has died
. The original had replaceable check valves - if you could figure out
which ones you needed - these are molded into the plastic top section .
The outlet valve isn't closing and it's fuel starved . And that little
bastard wasn't cheap , 35 bucks plus and it fails in like 3 months .
   I briefly considered mounting an "IV bottle" to gravity feed but
that's a bit too "country" even for me .
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Snag
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The fuel pump was one of my GT18's many mortal ailments. After cleaning out the crud possibly caused by wet gasoline from a shoreline station and installing a rebuild kit it mostly worked well enough. I added a marine rubber bulb primer before the pump that flushes it strongly while refilling the carb bowl and it's been fine since.
I also was pushed to adopt the GT18's replacement, a 22HP GT5000 from ~2005. I'm glad I kept the 1991 Ranger with its 7' bed. The vacuum pulse connection is a short molded hose from the pump top up to the valve cover, which cracked on my neighbor's similar vintage engine. Mouth pressure/vacuum on a clean spare hose to the port was enough to prove it pumps gasoline.