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Filling dry carburetor bowl

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BigBrother-84

Re: Filling dry carburetor bowl

LOOOOOOL!
You got me!

Jeff / 1984 F350 Crew Cab 4x4/5.8L w351 4V/ T18/ D50 4.10 front/ 8' bed.
Restored 2019-2022.
Nicknamed «Big Brother 1984», due to its soooo-looong shape & nod to George Orwell's 1984 famous novel.

grumpin

Re: Filling dry carburetor bowl

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Very nice!

I'm still laughing at the DCBS!

Dane
1986 F250HD SC XLT Lariat 4x4 460 C6-Sold
1992 Bronco XLT 4x4 351W E4OD
1998 GMC Sierra SLE K1500 350 4L60E
Arizona

Nothing Special

Re: Filling dry carburetor bowl

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grumpin wrote

Another option is starting fluid.

It will get the engine to stumble a bit and easier on the starter.

I'm late to the party, but my solution is similar to this. I dump a little gas down the throat of the carb. It'll fire up immediately and run for a few seconds. Then repeat. Usually be the second or third time it'll stay running, and it hasn't been more than 10 seconds of cranking total.

Related, back when I was still ruining... er, I mean running electric fuel pumps I somehow ended at the end of my street with the Bronco not willing to start. Turned out another electric fuel pump had died. So I did this trick but starting it in gear each time to drive it the half-a-block home.

Bob
Sorry, no '80 - '86 Ford trucks
"Oswald": 1997 F-250HD crew cab short box, 460, E4OD, 4.10 gears
"Pluto": 1971 Bronco, 302, NV3550 5 speed, Atlas 4.3:1 transfer case, 33" tires
"the motorhome": 2015 E-450-based 28' class C motorhome, 6.8L V-10
"the Dodge": 2007 Dodge 2500, 6.7L Cummins

Gary Lewis

Re: Filling dry carburetor bowl

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Jeff & Dane - I do my best to inject a bit of humor into a dry subject.

Bob - Be careful with that approach. I once saw a fireball shoot out of the carb doing it that way. I think I like Jeff's idea of squirting it into the bowl of the carb better.

Gary, AKA "Gary fellow": Profile

Dad's: '81 F150 Ranger XLT 4x4: Down for restomod: Full-roller "stroked 351M" w/Trick Flow heads & intake, EEC-V SEFI/E4OD/3.50 gears w/Kevlar clutches
Blue: 2015 F150 Platinum 4x4 SuperCrew wearing Blue Jeans & sporting a 3.5L EB & Max Tow
Big Blue: 1985 F250HD 4x4: 460/ZF5/3.55's, D60 w/Ox locker & 10.25 Sterling/Trutrac, Blue Top & Borgeson, & EEC-V MAF/SEFI

BigBrother-84

Re: Filling dry carburetor bowl

Gary Lewis wrote

Jeff & Dane - I do my best to inject a bit of humor into a dry subject.

Please please! That's enough!
Stop making us laugh, we can't take it anymore!

Jeff / 1984 F350 Crew Cab 4x4/5.8L w351 4V/ T18/ D50 4.10 front/ 8' bed.
Restored 2019-2022.
Nicknamed «Big Brother 1984», due to its soooo-looong shape & nod to George Orwell's 1984 famous novel.

grumpin

Re: Filling dry carburetor bowl

BigBrother-84 wrote

Gary Lewis wrote

Jeff & Dane - I do my best to inject a bit of humor into a dry subject.

Please please! That's enough!
Stop making us laugh, we can't take it anymore!

Yup, Gary is choking us up with his rich humor!

Dane
1986 F250HD SC XLT Lariat 4x4 460 C6-Sold
1992 Bronco XLT 4x4 351W E4OD
1998 GMC Sierra SLE K1500 350 4L60E
Arizona

BigBrother-84

Re: Filling dry carburetor bowl

grumpin wrote

Yup, Gary is choking us up with his rich humor!

Stop! Stop!

Jeff / 1984 F350 Crew Cab 4x4/5.8L w351 4V/ T18/ D50 4.10 front/ 8' bed.
Restored 2019-2022.
Nicknamed «Big Brother 1984», due to its soooo-looong shape & nod to George Orwell's 1984 famous novel.

Gary Lewis

Re: Filling dry carburetor bowl

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My father would have said "That's two-thirds of a pun - PU!"

Gary, AKA "Gary fellow": Profile

grumpin

Re: Filling dry carburetor bowl

Gary Lewis wrote

My father would have said "That's two-thirds of a pun - PU!"

Dane
1986 F250HD SC XLT Lariat 4x4 460 C6-Sold
1992 Bronco XLT 4x4 351W E4OD
1998 GMC Sierra SLE K1500 350 4L60E
Arizona