Fuel Tank Crud? Redoing Fuel Lines, Etc. Options

[kenshapiro2002]

So, in my continuing fuel starvation saga (another thread), I'm almost ready to rebuild the webers. Rode her hard again yesterday, and she ran pretty nicely for awhile and eventually started to starve very hard at really hard throttle. Took a very good look in the tank, and the walls look pristine, but in the circular baffle area where the sock is, there were many very tiny pieces of black crud, and the sock, though very hard to see well, looked pretty dark too.

Opinions?

Also, I'm thinking that since my fuel filter was pretty clean, that the sock might be my real problem...should take care of that before making the carbs clean and possibly getting more crap in them.

If I do pull the tank and replace the sock, shouldn't I replace the fuel line back to the engine? Any threads on that? Can I just hook a new line up to the old and pull it through?

Thanks in advance,
Ken

[jmill]

Your car should at least turn over and try to start. Does it cough and sputter and then die? You should be able to run it on the accelerator pumps. If not you now have an ignition problem.

[kenshapiro2002]

It does not even try to start...no sputter, cough, etc. It does "sound" very different when I'm turning it over when I give it throttle vs. giving it none. Not sure how to describe it, but the tone changes very much. Even though the accelerator pumps are working, there's very little smell of gas like you'd expect. Maybe it's pumping something less than 100% gas?

Your car should at least turn over and try to start. Does it cough and sputter and then die? You should be able to run it on the accelerator pumps. If not you now have an ignition problem.

[neil30076]

It does not even try to start...no sputter, cough, etc. It does "sound" very different when I'm turning it over when I give it throttle vs. giving it none. Not sure how to describe it, but the tone changes very much. Even though the accelerator pumps are working, there's very little smell of gas like you'd expect. Maybe it's pumping something less than 100% gas?

Your car should at least turn over and try to start. Does it cough and sputter and then die? You should be able to run it on the accelerator pumps. If not you now have an ignition problem.

Probably asked before, but does it try to start with starter fluid sprayed in - I know others say don't use it - but at this point sounds like you have nothing to loose!

[kenshapiro2002]

Lemme go get some and try. It revs higher when I apply throttle vs. not applying any. Be right back.

It does not even try to start...no sputter, cough, etc. It does "sound" very different when I'm turning it over when I give it throttle vs. giving it none. Not sure how to describe it, but the tone changes very much. Even though the accelerator pumps are working, there's very little smell of gas like you'd expect. Maybe it's pumping something less than 100% gas?

Your car should at least turn over and try to start. Does it cough and sputter and then die? You should be able to run it on the accelerator pumps. If not you now have an ignition problem.

Probably asked before, but does it try to start with starter fluid sprayed in - I know others say don't use it - but at this point sounds like you have nothing to loose!