Reply To: Starting Ab-25 Johnson motor

[muddog2]

I took the gas line off the carb to drain gas back into can and nothing came out. I took the gas line off the pit cock valve and opened the valve to drain the engine and nothing came out. I took the gas tank off and poured the gas out and blew into the tank and all that happened is it built up with pressure so I took the pit cock valve off and it was clogged with dirt. I blew it out from the line side. The gas line was loose where it was soldered to the carb side and it had a small pinch in the line. I blew into the line and it was really hard to get the fuel out of it and also hard to blow air through it. I guess I need a new gas line and clean the tank out. Can I use copper tubing of the same diameter to replace the gas line? I took one of the plugs out and could not smell any gas in the cylinder, just the pb blaster I used to free the seized engine. I guess tomorrow I am going to strain the gas into a new can to make sure there is no dirt in it and flush the gas tank. Hopefully I can get this done tomorrow so I can take it for a short spin at the lake Father’s Day.
Thanks again, Robert