Re: 1956 Oliver 5.5 hp won’t start

[Buccaneer]

Jerry, I had the tank on a stool originally, but even tried
putting it above the carb level with no better results.
I pulled the dip tube out of the gas tank and the screen
was clean. The tank was over 1/2 full.
Strange, but yesterday (with the wrong carb on) it
would run out of fuel at low speed, but when rev’d up,
the pump seemed to keep up. I assume that if the engine
has enough compression to run, then it should have
enough vacuum at the port to run the pump?
It’s a very simple fuel pump, nothing inside but the
diaphragm…. can’t imagine it was very efficient!

Prepare to be boarded!