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Re: [GMCnet] Stumped [message #345210] Fri, 12 July 2019 23:47
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Also check the fuel line install by opening and closing the slide.

On Fri, Jul 12, 2019 at 9:45 PM Jim Kanomata wrote:

> Always use 1/4 " new fuel line.
> The fuel pick up is designed to ever empty the fuel tank. This way you
> will have few gallon of fuel to drive on. Yes the other tank might be half
> full or empty.
>
> On Fri, Jul 12, 2019 at 8:42 PM Tom Newell via Gmclist gmclist@list.gmcnet.org> wrote:
>
>> Those pumps are great. They don't like lifting fuel up, though. Run it
>> with your finger over the outlet to prime it, and I bet it will work after
>> doing that.
>>
>> I just used and old one to pump old gasoline out of my truck's tank and
>> needed to prime it as described to get it started. It then happily pumped
>> out
>> 7.5 gallons without missing a beat.
>>
>> Good luck.
>>
>> Tom Newell
>> San Pedro, California
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