Ok my 62 ford galaxie ran great all summer on the rebuild 4100 i did myself(thanks Mr White and forum members). It started on the first pump every time.The 390 is completly rebuilt & everything is new except the fuel pump.I had a real B*&^H of a time putting in the starter with the long tube headers & would hate to have to install another starter due to all the excessive cranking this winter.It seems the fuel bowl runs dry or the gas in the bowl evaporates or leaks back thru the bad fuel pump. I usually start it up to take it for a spin weather permitting, But this car just cranks& cranks& cranks NO START. The choke is closed but i dont smell gas. A shot of starter fluid & she fires back up and stalls(no gas in bowl Yet?I pulled the 4100 & put on a brand new Holley 4160 600 cfm manual choke to see if it made a difference and same thing. CRANK<CRANK<CRANK!Im gonna change the fuel pump & see if it helps.Please HELP. Thanks Mike
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But that fuel pump shounds like its shot to me, either that or you have a blocked line someplace.
Now in 1962 you might want to check that fuel pump and see if it has a filter on the bottom of it, it just unscrews (use a small filter type wrench) and you replace the filter, those often just get clogged. Either that or be checking for an in-line filter somplace.
Reminds me of a great story and a learned lesson.
I had a 70 pontiac once that I had gotten for free, because it did not run, it had a 455, replaced the fuel pump (after I had diagnosed it to that), run great for two weeks, then same deal, replaced the pump again and it again ran for two weeks, did htis four times and got tireds so I bought a brand new pump (rather than a rebuilt), with the new pump it only ran 4 days. Each time it stranded me in different places, I was so sick of that car.
So I parted it out.
As I was parting it out, sold the gas tank only to find a mouse nest inside of it, evidently before I had gotten it when the car had been sitting some mouse (or a family) had made a very nice home inside the gas tank complete with leaves. When I got it I disrupted the happy family and completely washed out the "house" with gas when I filled the tank.
Evidently every so often the tank level and the suction from the pump would cause the leaves or a family member to restrict the gas line enough to cause the engine to starve for fuel and/or the pump to destroy itself (since I had checked a couple of them).
Learned my lesson there. Now any car that does not have a gas cap gets the tank removed and flushed.
Bill White
White Automotive
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HAVE A NICE DAY!!!!