draglist at Eddyville 7/14/07

[Eric David Bru]

Eric, are you in for this weekend? Maybe respond in the Eddyville thread or a PM so we don't derail Gator's Thread.

Rapid

Well.....

I went down last nite and put the new distributor in, set the timing, phased the rotor, etc.

We cranked it over, built oil pressure. All things good!

We fueled it up and got ready to fire it. Everything was OK as long as I was bottle feeding it but it wouldn't run without the bottle.

I pulled the main fuel line off between the pump and the barrel valve to see what was going on. My newly rebuilt pump is not putting out any fuel. Since it was dark I decided to call it a day and put all of the tools away and load the car back up.

Here is what I am planning:

Friday I have the day off and I plan to head down to Mom & Dad's. I am going to pull everything apart and find my problem.

It could be:

The flapper valve between the tank and the pump.
The pump drive shaft which Josh and I made earlier this year (to short??)
The coupler between the pump drive and the pump.
The seals dried out and went bad in the pump despite the fact that I had regularly oiled them and they never had fuel in them.

If I get this figured out I plan to wire the trailer brakes on the truck and stock the trailer.

If all goes well I will be down to Eddyville for the Draglist Nationals on Saturday...

If all goes "not so well" then we MIGHT bring the car down to get it teched in by Rock. But obviously no competing.

If nothing else, I plan to come down and see you guys.

EDB

[WildcatOne]

Look forward to meeting you whether you race or not, EDB. Hopefully it's not anything major and you'll be racing, but if not, just showing up will be great! Cheers, WC1

[Leon]

Hey Eric,you sure someone didnt turn the rotation around on the pump?

[Novel-T]

Leon,I've been thinking about Eric's problem and came up with the same thing."What a small world"

[Eric David Bru]

Hey Eric,you sure someone didnt turn the rotation around on the pump?

I thought about that, but I specifically indicated that the pump was to be cam driven. Also, when I pulled the poppet holder off of the top of the fuel shut-off and spun the engine over fuel came up and out, but just barely.

As of tonight my $$ bet is that the flapper valve is stuck shut with some of the thick oil that I pickled the pump with.

I will post my findings tomorrow.

EDB

[draglist]

I'm thinkin we'll do dinner about the time you get in, Boyd.. check in and meet us at Spaghettis


Spaghetti's 1716 A Ave West,Oskaloosa, IA 52577
PHONE : 641.673.7788
DESCRIPTION: Spaghetti's is the premier dining and bar establishment in the Oskaloosa area.
SMOKING : only at bar
PARKING : own parking lot

Thanks jer. This sounds great. I just tried to call to see if they could do a table for 20, but didn't get an answer. maybe they close by 10:19pm!

We will call them tomorrow from the road and see if they do us all... if I can't get to a computer before then, let's plan on Spaghetti's at 6pm Friday night... bp

[draglist]

Loud and clear, Eric and Al! Looking forward to seeing you there. Come however and whenever you can! ONE DAY AWAY, people! bp

[Leon]

I hope you guys have fun. Im still trying to finish cutting wheat. I bet it starts raining again and i end up sitting on my butt. By the time i find out what is going on,my ride will be their anyway. So,save me a t-shirt but dont save me any of Al's chicken and take a bunch of vids of everyone.