[Erik S]

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Originally Posted by Andrew Update: I put in a new battery ground cable, filled it up with gas, installed a battery, checked that I had voltage at the coil, turned the key and got an ignition light, and voila!, spun it on the starter. Got oil pressure, and pouring a little gas into the Carter WO (Willys-Overland) carburetor, got it to fart and run, just a bit. The issue though is that my rebuilt 750 fuel pump seems not to be pulling fuel from the tank. All my gas hoses are new, I know the fuel line is clear, and I checked the banjo fitting at the gas tank, and it seem not to be leaking air (blew through it from the front and could not feel any leakage at the tank junction, and could hear gas bubbling in the tank). Fuel tank was boiled out and resealed, and I know the pickup pipe in the tank is clear. So I'm wondering how long it ought to take for a 750 pump to pull fuel from the tank, and whether I need to prime the pump somehow. Or if there's something else I'm missing. It was nice to hear it cough and try to run, so I know my distributor mini-overhaul worked, and that the carb sort of functions. Nice trail of black crud across the garage where it all blew out of the exhaust. Andrew