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Ta Da! And the winner is, Erik! Just now, I reinstalled the pump, unplugged the fuel line, and closing off most of the gas filler, blew air into the tank, which pressurized it enough to move fuel all the way through the hard line, pump, and splashed out by the carb. So then I cranked the engine over with the plugs out, and got a nice stream of fuel out of the pipe all over the engine compt.
Feeling that lady luck was with me, I reinstalled the plugs, tinkered with the WO carb a bit, and the flamin' thing eventually fired up. Showed 45 lbs oil pressure at idle, and after a bit of revving to clear its throat, idled just fine on all four. Tons of crud came out the exhaust, in more places than one, but it seems mechanically to run pretty well. Reasonably quiet and smooth, and no smoke to speak of.
Now to put some water in it and see how much pours out the pump or ends up in the cylinders. Plus I don't seem to have any clutch at all, so I may be pulling the column-shift tunnel-case trans out sooner rather than later. I was hoping to be able to at least move it back and forth before rebuilding the brakes, but things may not work out that way. Whatever. It runs!
See pics below of (1) sooty crap that came out the back, (2) the bowl type fuel pump (rebuilt by Then and Now) and my other NOS later style pump, (3) the Carter WO carb, my hero, and (4) the fan blades turning of their own accord (no not just on the starter). WooHoo! Thanks for the excellent suggestion Erik.
Stoked, in Berkeley.
Andrew
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