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Fri, 03 September 2010 18:21

USAussie

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Registered: July 2007
Location: Sydney, Australia

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G'day,

We got caught in rush hour traffic heading south on US 1 between Miami and
Homestead and suffered a number of incidents of vapor lock. It was no big
deal as I had installed Jim B's fix.

A small fuel pump (3-6 psi outlet) is installed between the Aux tank outlet
and the selector valve. When vapor lock occurs you switch from Main to Aux
and the power that actuates the selector valve powers up the pump.

I discovered that it took about 15-30 seconds for the pump to "prime" the
mechanical pump.

After vapor lock occurred the third time I "anticipated" it happening and
would watch the traffic flow and switched over to Aux before applying gas to
start moving and voila - NO vapor lock!

Jim did note that there is a downside to this fix - if there is a hole /
tear in the diaphragm of the mechanical pump the electric pump could / would
pump gas into the engine.

Regards,
Rob M.
USAussie

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Regards, Rob M. (USAussie) The Pedantic Mechanic Sydney, Australia '75 Avion - AUS - The Blue Streak TZE365V100428 '75 Avion - USA - Double Trouble TZE365V100426

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		[GMCnet] Vapor Lock Incidents By: USAussie on Fri, 03 September 2010 18:21
		Re: [GMCnet] Vapor Lock Incidents By: jimk on Fri, 03 September 2010 19:50
		Re: [GMCnet] Vapor Lock Incidents By: Bob de Kruyff on Sat, 04 September 2010 09:03
		Re: [GMCnet] Vapor Lock Incidents By: Mr ERFisher on Sat, 04 September 2010 09:51
		[GMCnet] Vapor Lock Incidents By: Charles on Sat, 04 September 2010 10:18
		Re: [GMCnet] Vapor Lock Incidents By: Charles on Sat, 04 September 2010 10:20
		Re: [GMCnet] Vapor Lock Incidents By: Mr ERFisher on Sun, 05 September 2010 05:07
		Re: [GMCnet] Vapor Lock Incidents By: Steven Ferguson on Sun, 05 September 2010 07:50
		Re: [GMCnet] Vapor Lock Incidents By: Bob de Kruyff on Tue, 07 September 2010 15:32
		Re: [GMCnet] Vapor Lock Incidents By: roy1 on Tue, 07 September 2010 21:28
		Re: [GMCnet] Vapor Lock Incidents By: Ken Henderson on Tue, 07 September 2010 22:07
		Re: [GMCnet] Vapor Lock Incidents By: Bob de Kruyff on Tue, 07 September 2010 22:53
		Re: [GMCnet] Vapor Lock Incidents By: k2gkk on Wed, 08 September 2010 09:40
		Re: [GMCnet] Vapor Lock Incidents By: Bob de Kruyff on Wed, 08 September 2010 10:41
		Re: [GMCnet] Vapor Lock Incidents By: James Hupy on Wed, 08 September 2010 11:25
		Re: [GMCnet] Vapor Lock Incidents By: Bob de Kruyff on Wed, 08 September 2010 11:44
		Re: [GMCnet] Vapor Lock Incidents By: Charles on Fri, 03 September 2010 22:16
		Re: [GMCnet] Vapor Lock Incidents By: James Hupy on Sat, 04 September 2010 00:01
		Re: [GMCnet] Vapor Lock Incidents By: philipswanson on Sat, 04 September 2010 10:52
		Re: [GMCnet] Vapor Lock Incidents By: USAussie on Sat, 04 September 2010 21:19
		Re: [GMCnet] Vapor Lock Incidents By: James Moore on Wed, 08 September 2010 00:43
		Re: [GMCnet] Vapor Lock Incidents By: Bob de Kruyff on Wed, 08 September 2010 08:53
		Re: [GMCnet] Vapor Lock Incidents By: emerystora on Wed, 08 September 2010 09:23
		Re: [GMCnet] Vapor Lock Incidents By: Mike Kilroy on Wed, 08 September 2010 09:36
		Re: [GMCnet] Vapor Lock Incidents By: fred v on Wed, 08 September 2010 12:11
		Re: [GMCnet] Vapor Lock Incidents By: k2gkk on Wed, 08 September 2010 12:24
		Re: [GMCnet] Vapor Lock Incidents By: Mike Kilroy on Thu, 09 September 2010 10:06
		Re: [GMCnet] Vapor Lock Incidents By: Gary Casey on Wed, 08 September 2010 07:11
		Re: [GMCnet] Vapor Lock Incidents By: Gary Casey on Wed, 08 September 2010 12:31
		Re: [GMCnet] Vapor Lock Incidents By: James Moore on Wed, 08 September 2010 13:46
		Re: [GMCnet] Vapor Lock Incidents By: emerystora on Wed, 08 September 2010 14:21
		Re: [GMCnet] Vapor Lock Incidents By: James Moore on Wed, 08 September 2010 13:58
		Re: [GMCnet] Vapor Lock Incidents By: emerystora on Wed, 08 September 2010 14:41
		Re: [GMCnet] Vapor Lock Incidents By: roy1 on Wed, 08 September 2010 15:57
		Re: [GMCnet] Vapor Lock Incidents By: James Moore on Wed, 08 September 2010 14:07
		Re: [GMCnet] Vapor Lock Incidents By: James Moore on Wed, 08 September 2010 14:28
		Re: [GMCnet] Vapor Lock Incidents By: hal kading on Wed, 08 September 2010 17:40
		Re: [GMCnet] Vapor Lock Incidents By: James Hupy on Wed, 08 September 2010 22:46
		Re: [GMCnet] Vapor Lock Incidents By: Bob de Kruyff on Thu, 09 September 2010 10:50
		Re: [GMCnet] Vapor Lock Incidents By: James Hupy on Thu, 09 September 2010 13:40
		Re: [GMCnet] Vapor Lock Incidents By: winter on Wed, 08 September 2010 18:18
		Re: [GMCnet] Vapor Lock Incidents By: emerystora on Wed, 08 September 2010 21:43
		Re: [GMCnet] Vapor Lock Incidents By: Larry C on Thu, 09 September 2010 11:12
		Re: [GMCnet] Vapor Lock Incidents By: roy1 on Thu, 09 September 2010 11:52
		Re: [GMCnet] Vapor Lock Incidents By: Bob de Kruyff on Thu, 09 September 2010 13:32
		Re: [GMCnet] Vapor Lock Incidents By: winter on Thu, 09 September 2010 19:53

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