Electric fuel pump

After Charlie rebuilt my pump and carburetor, mine can sit for 4 to 6 weeks and start up within 20 seconds.
 
dean333 said:
After Charlie rebuilt my pump and carburetor, mine can sit for 4 to 6 weeks and start up within 20 seconds.
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What about sitting for 4 to 6 years of sitting. I have so many project cars I'm working on but then I had a stroke. I feel like I'm running out of fuel. Instead of working on my cars I just "try" to answer questions on the Ford Barn.

Make sure if you do run an electric fuel pump get one that the pressure is set at the pressure the carbs need. Do not use a pump with 6 lbs. of pressure and then cut down pressure with a fuel pressure regulator. I did that once 40 years ago and as I was driving along the regulator would just shut my fuel off and I coast to the curb. I tried a new one, then I tried a different brand and the same thing. I had a fuel filter before the regulator, so it wasn't anything getting caught in it. The regulators just were not reliable adjusted down low to flathead pressure. I finally bought an electric pump; factory set at the pressure the carburetors were designed to run at. No more problems.
 
I bought a 50 model a few months ago. It has a electric fuel pump on it. J can hear it when I turn the key on. I have never paid any attention if it is straight electric or what. It has seems to work ok. I was coming home yesterday from town. I was coming up a pretty steep bridge and it started stumbling and missing bad. New has done this. It straightened up after I got over the bridge and ran fine the rest of the way home. I wonder if it picked up a little trash.

I don't know if it has a filter on it or not.
 
I agree that a proper carb and fuel pump should work but my Charlie-rebuilt carb and KEM fuel pump are not providing fuel to start my stock 51 Merc after it sits a week. At my age of 84 I can't replace either one, so I am giving up and want an electric pump to get it started after it sits a week or more.

What kit do you recommend?
Can it be completely installed under the hood because I can't crawl under the car anymore!

Would an improper automatic choke setting cause my problem?

Thanks!
DDB
 
I inherited my 51 when my father passed away so I don't have a long track record on how it runs and it's quirks but my mother's tells me it is running better than it has in years. Rebuilding the carb was the biggest improvement as I found a leaking power valve and a missing part or two in the carb. The tuning is right on as it starts and idles with a flick of the key. The fuel pump was next up as I was having the common issue of poor starting after periods of inactivity. So now the fuel pump is properly rebuilt including replacing the hard to remove in and out valves. Have yet to mount it back on the car. One thing that concerns me is at some point the steel gas line from the tank was replaced by "rubber fuel hose". This hose has a larger inside diameter than the steel so can this contribute to lower fuel pressure and does rubber line itself have more internal resistance? How many of us have this situation and does it contribute to the problem?

I have thought about adding an electric pump as a priming pump or to deal with vapor lock issues only. I would put it on a momentary on/off switch so it only pumps when I am holding it on. First I will see how the new rebuilt pump works and look into a new metal gas line
 
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