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Old 12-14-2024, 10:15 AM   #1
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I don't know if OP confirmed fuel and spark. When my good starting 37 stopped starting , I found the rubber fuel line from firewall to fuel bowl was filled with pinholes from ethanol gas. I confirmed by wrapping electrical tape around it. I ordered a new line that was ok with ethanol.
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Old 12-16-2024, 08:23 AM   #2
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This is a picture of the engine.
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Old 12-16-2024, 06:21 PM   #3
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This is a picture of the engine.
See? I got it right; these things are changed out more often than not.

The "squeeze bottle" technique is a good one for carbs with a bowl vent.
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Old 12-16-2024, 09:11 AM   #4
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I don't know if OP confirmed fuel and spark. When my good starting 37 stopped starting , I found the rubber fuel line from firewall to fuel bowl was filled with pinholes from ethanol gas. I confirmed by wrapping electrical tape around it. I ordered a new line that was ok with ethanol.
You took one of my main suspitions right from my "next" list of things to possibly look at.....IF he was not getting fuel to OR out of the fuel pump, this was going to be my first point of attack, judging from the above posted picture, I would suggest going ahead and replacing it NOW with 100% assurance that it is an "ethanol" rated line!!!!

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