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cliffw APR 13, 10:20 AM
I need to move a vehicle, perhaps let it propel itself on to a tow away trailer. It runs, if you put gas in the carb throat. Fuel delivery issue.

I put fuel in the tank. No go.

I need a quick fix and do not want to crawl under the truck to repair it. With my luck, a fuel pump in the tank.

I price electric fuel pumps. Damn, am I that old ? Now they are $50.00+ on the cheap end.

I own a tow chain and a come-a-long.
maryjane APR 13, 11:11 AM
At what now seems like a million years ago, I saw my father put a small gas(oline) tank on the hood of a car with a hose going down to the carb fuel inlet. I'm thinking it was something like a 50s Nash. That was just to see how well the engine ran and to drive it from a back lot up to his shop. The tank looked like it may have come off an old lawnmower or garden tiller.
If the carb needs pressure at it's inlet beyond what gravity would provide, then this is a no go.
css9450 APR 13, 11:28 AM
What kind of vehicle is it? Can you get it to move by just cranking the starter without pressing in on the clutch? I briefly owned an old Jeep CJ-7 and on more than a few occasions I just used the starter to hostle it around the driveway when I needed to get the other car out.
82-T/A [At Work] APR 13, 01:56 PM

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Originally posted by cliffw:

I need to move a vehicle, perhaps let it propel itself on to a tow away trailer. It runs, if you put gas in the carb throat. Fuel delivery issue.

I put fuel in the tank. No go.

I need a quick fix and do not want to crawl under the truck to repair it. With my luck, a fuel pump in the tank.

I price electric fuel pumps. Damn, am I that old ? Now they are $50.00+ on the cheap end.

I own a tow chain and a come-a-long.




Like MJ said... if it's a carbed vehicle or a low-PSI fuel injected throttle body system, you can simply buy an external tank from Summit (or even Amazon), and wire up a "pusher pump." They sell them in various PSIs... from 2-4-6-8-10, etc... and you just wire it to hot, and let it go.

That's "basically" how most VW buses are. The "pickup," if you can even call it that, in a VW Bus fuel tank, is basically just a sock that's dipped into a tank, with a line that runs up and out, and then it connects to the mechanical pump, which almost everyone replaces with a 12v pusher pump that they wire in-line with the ignition coil. Super-easy.

If you watch Vice Grip Garage on YouTube, this is what he does on half the cars he gets running (that have been sitting for decades).

Really, if you wanted to do it ghetto, you could just wire a pusher pump, and have the feed line just be a long flexible fuel line that feeds into a 5-gallon Jimmy can that you buy from Harbor Freight for $15. Pusher pumps are like $20 bucks.

Here you go... 3-6 PSI (works for basically all carbed cars): https://www.amazon.com/JDMS...etrol/dp/B00L8IHM9K/ $10 bucks.
cliffw APR 13, 02:00 PM

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Originally posted by css9450:
What kind of vehicle is it? Can you get it to move by just cranking the starter without pressing in on the clutch? I briefly owned an old Jeep CJ-7 and on more than a few occasions I just used the starter to hostle it around the driveway when I needed to get the other car out.



Thank you.
It's a ??1989 plus, maybe a 1994??? Nissan automatic. That Hail Mary will not work. I have used it before, as well as using the starter to start my 7.3 turbo diesel pick up when I had a broken clutch fork.
Again, thank you.


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Originally posted by maryjane:
At what now seems like a million years ago, I saw my father put a small gas(oline) tank on the hood of a car with a hose going down to the carb fuel inlet. I'm thinking it was something like a 50s Nash. That was just to see how well the engine ran and to drive it from a back lot up to his shop. The tank looked like it may have come off an old lawnmower or garden tiller.
If the carb needs pressure at it's inlet beyond what gravity would provide, then this is a no go.



I thought all old school carberators need at least 8psi of pressure to fill the carb bowl, so the carb's accelerator will work and keep working. The carb's float valve halting the flow when there was enough.
Thanks for the idea. Perhaps I can use a boat's fuel primer bulb to get done what I need to do. It's not mine. If it was, I would fix it.
MidEngineManiac APR 13, 02:20 PM
Get a couple neighborhood kids to push it. Give 'em 5 bucks each. Still above minimum wage for the time involved.

Problem solved.

Aint it great being management ?

[This message has been edited by MidEngineManiac (edited 04-13-2023).]

williegoat APR 13, 02:26 PM
For a couple hundred bucks, you can get a decent electric wench, and it will always come in handy.
Jake_Dragon APR 13, 02:29 PM
how brave dumb are you?

Vaper 19419 Red Spot Spray

This post was intended as humor, if you or someone in close proximity to you are missing eyebrows tomorrow I take no responsibility.
cliffw APR 13, 02:31 PM

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Originally posted by 82-T/A [At Work]:



Thanks Todd. I know pumps. They need suction and discharge which the pump creates. Some pumps are designed to push, some to suck. Gravity feed could work, does work, for certain purposes.

That Amazon pump is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you. I don't remember where I searched. I figured they were all expensive because most modern fuel systems need 50psi or so.
82-T/A [At Work] APR 13, 03:56 PM

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Originally posted by cliffw:


Thanks Todd. I know pumps. They need suction and discharge which the pump creates. Some pumps are designed to push, some to suck. Gravity feed could work, does work, for certain purposes.

That Amazon pump is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you. I don't remember where I searched. I figured they were all expensive because most modern fuel systems need 50psi or so.




Sounds like a "sucky" situation!!!