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jrt wrote: ↑02 Aug 2023, 19:41 Did you get any joy putting a capful of fuel directly into the carb?
David.

Yeah tried that this morning with no luck. Any recommendations on fuel pumps? I know it’s sacrilege to suggest an electric fuel pump but for where this van is going to go, I need reliability.

Thanks for all the replies! Checked the connections to the dizzy and all my spark connections with no resounding results. A mention of a fuel pump did get me thinking however. The van is parked on my drive which is at quite a steep angle. Could the time it was spent on the drive have drained the fue...

Hi, Recently took the plunge on an ‘85 caravelle as a good project. Had no issues starting up to get her into the garage to do other work and even got her out on a few shake down drives. All of a sudden I’m getting no start however. Initially I suspected a flooded engine so took out the spark plugs,...