minuteman62-64
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It seemed like such a simple project. All I wanted to do was replace a hardened primer bulb. Now, after multiple trips to West/Walmart/Hardware store, I have a new primer bulb, together with adjacent, short hose sections, and, new snap-on connectors at the tank and the tank end of the primer hose.
All well and good. But, when I squeeze the new primer bulb (Walmart), it squeezes down but won't come back up. So, since there are no kinks in the fuel line, the problem is likely with the primer bulb or the new hose end or tank connectors (West).
How best to locate the problem? If I disconnect the primer bulb, and can blow through the hose through the two new connectors (snapped together) and into the tank, will that tell me that the connectors are OK and the bulb is the problem? Am I correct in assuming that when the snap-on connectors are coupled together it is a flow-through condition?
Anything else I should check (I'd like to make only one more trip to West or Walmart)?
All well and good. But, when I squeeze the new primer bulb (Walmart), it squeezes down but won't come back up. So, since there are no kinks in the fuel line, the problem is likely with the primer bulb or the new hose end or tank connectors (West).
How best to locate the problem? If I disconnect the primer bulb, and can blow through the hose through the two new connectors (snapped together) and into the tank, will that tell me that the connectors are OK and the bulb is the problem? Am I correct in assuming that when the snap-on connectors are coupled together it is a flow-through condition?
Anything else I should check (I'd like to make only one more trip to West or Walmart)?