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rockfla · 11-15-2017, 04:22 PM

Generally speaking you have a fitting that is not 100% tight. Went through this with my dad's 39 Merc....I started at the carb and went to every joint in the line, turns out it was the line at the gas tank, he had the tank cleaned and had not completely tightened the line going in!!!!

11-15-2017, 04:22 PM	#3
rockfla Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Jacksonville FL Posts: 3,953	Re: 1952 ford loses prime Generally speaking you have a fitting that is not 100% tight. Went through this with my dad's 39 Merc....I started at the carb and went to every joint in the line, turns out it was the line at the gas tank, he had the tank cleaned and had not completely tightened the line going in!!!!