Reply To: 1960 Scott 7.5 hp fuel purge?

[Buccaneer]

I got the motor to run on the normal remote tank now, instead of the
elevated “roto tiller” tank I rigged up yesterday.
I notice with the normal gas tank hooked up, the hose’s “quick coupler”
would drip a little when the primer bulb was squeezed hard, hence
it was probably sucking air.
So I switched it to another coupler I had. I believe both couplers are
Sears / Ted Williams style.
The motor then started on the 4th pull with the normal tank.

I still an issue with it pumping water. It pumps “so so” at idle, but when
you rev it up, it quits pumping. Normally it’s the other way around!
It’s impossible to switch the water lines (normal pump and bailer pump)
around on the “top side”, as the bailer line takes a 90 degree bend
half way up to the power head.

While running the motor today, I had a hose on the ‘bailer” fitting, and
hanging down in the water in the test tank.
I didn’t think about this until “after” I pulled the motor out of the tank,
but I should have pulled the bailer hose out of the water while the motor
was idling, and pump some water out the tell tale, to see if the flow
changed or stop.
Not sure if it’s possible to switch the pump lines on the bottom side.
Hope I sleep tonight…… or don’t have nightmares!
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