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Re: [GMCnet] PowerLossProblem - Gatsbys' Cruiser is ending the year on a good note: [message #325206 is a reply to message #325205] Fri, 20 October 2017 15:19 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
johnd01 is currently offline  johnd01   United States
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I am very new, but I would make sure I had a drop in fuel pressure before I
dropped the tanks. You should have five psi if you are running a carburetor.

On Fri, Oct 20, 2017 at 12:31 PM, Kerry Pinkerton
wrote:

> You could even have a small air leak in lines in the tank itself. Or
> something loose in the tank that occasionally blocks the intake. Or a tear
> in a
> rubber hose that drops down occasionally and blocks the flow. Or the
> electric fuel pump or a bad diaphragm mechanical pump. Or........
>
> If it were me, I'd drop the tanks, and replace EVERYTHING from the sending
> unit to the engine. EVERYTHING! E V E R Y T H I N G!!!!
>
> Life is too short to deal with problems like this and the cost to replace
> EVERYTHING is mouse nuts in the scheme of things.
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> Kerry Pinkerton - North Alabama
>
> Had 5 over the years. Still have the first a 76 that will be rebodied
> into an art deco car hauler.
>
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>
> '03 Fleetwood Discovery 39L
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