Folks,
John came over to play cars with me and proceeded to tear into this old fuel line, which for some reason was causing us fits. He did some initial clean up along the frame and lightened the 42 by at least 5 lbs!
What he found was a slight wet spot in the old line at one of the clips. This was a rusted spot sucking air and not allowing the fuel pump to prime from the tank.
New fuel line will be installed soon. And he will be just about ready for the open hood Sherman road testing event. He told me the story that he did this same trick when he was younger and one of the neighbors alerted him to the fact that it was not appropriate. We are going to do it again in his honor!
At 80 it needs a transplant not a bypass operation!
I have come to hold Ford in high regard for the design of these smooth rounded flat top fenders on this 42 Ford. These are a pleasure to work over, lean on, climb on, spread out tools on, set your drink on, and plan the next moves!
John has been working closely with Charlie NY on the fuel deliver issue. We believe his pump rebuild work was fine and the main problem was the old rusted fuel line! In hindsite we could have tried the auxilarry fuel tank much earlier in the process, but that would have taken all the fun right out of it!
Regards,
Chris