Can't get the Scamp Started!!!

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November 22, 2008, 04:06:11 PM

OK guys, It's hint time!

Spent the last two days getting the Scamp ready for the road with my youngest (20) son.

We got the new B&M shifter cable in. Thanks to whomever gave the hine about running it out the right side and around the front of the tranny. This does take the 5' cable!
(Anyone want to buy a perfectly good unused 4' one?) It's a little dirty but new $30 plus Shipping.

Got the water leaks stopped (forgot the sealer in the Ex man bolts on the D side!)

Got the brake fluid leak in the rear stopped (Damaged my Powder coated housing!)

Got the oil leak stopped. Tightened oil pan bolts.

Refilled the brake fluid (luckily it didn't empty the MC!)

Still leaking tranny fluid (seems to be the dip stick tube?)

Could not get the old girl started.
Put 6 1/2 gal of 92 in just in case
Lots of fuel in the Eddy, run & stop (10 or more times!)
Pulled the fuel line and ran it to a can. Pulled the coil wires.
Crank & cool, Crank & cool, repeated more than 10 times! No fuel!!!!!!!!!!
New holly fuel mech pump, cleaned fuel lines and sender assembly.

Anyone got some magic solution?

Frustrated
Scamp

you know what this is the reason i allways dyno every engine.. the stupid problems that can arise starting a engine in the car.......ok a while back i had the same problem{undynoed engine}....new everything...go to crank {normally my engines start right up}.....nothing....crank crank crank nothing?.........no fuel...brand new holley pump...hmmm wtf?.....changed it over to a brand new carter pump...crank crank crank no fuel...wtf?........you know their must be a way to prime those pumps but i just didn't feel like pi$$ng around anymore...and i needed to get the cam broken in properly...so on went the stock pump...and crrraaannn...BBRRRRMMMMM just like that....after that i put on a nice electric pump and was done with her.......so ya just try the old stock pump that use to work

Hello:
The Barry Grant Pump on my race car will not pump if I let the fuel cell go dry. What I do is to unloosen the output side of the
pump enough to just let a few drops of fuel leak out. Retighten turn on the pump and it pumps just fine, I don't know why guess it gets confused or something...... lol

but its an easy try for you.

Maynard

Thanks guys

I forgot to mention that this car was drivenabout 3 months ago.
Before the weather got crummy I drove it enough to burn up the shift cable (3 miles or so).
It was the open headers that got the cable and three car alarms.

Sat on jackstands with nothing changed and now won't get fuel!

I did remove the line between the holly mech fuel pump and the carb. Nothing!

Scamp

Check the fuel line TO the pump. Also make sure you don't have an old rusty fuel line that now has a hole in it.

I've been known to use a little compressed air to get fuel flowing when siphoning out of a tank. If you remove the line from the pump and put a little pressure in the tank you should get fuel out. I just use a rag with a blower and a few blasts into the tank and fuel starts flowing (make sure the other end is in a gas can).