From: muratlanne@gmail.com   
      
   "Snag"  wrote in message news:104gu0n$soh9$1@dont-email.me...   
      
     I saved on the clutch only to find the new in March fuel pump has died   
   . The original had replaceable check valves - if you could figure out   
   which ones you needed - these are molded into the plastic top section .   
   The outlet valve isn't closing and it's fuel starved . And that little   
   bastard wasn't cheap , 35 bucks plus and it fails in like 3 months .   
      I briefly considered mounting an "IV bottle" to gravity feed but   
   that's a bit too "country" even for me .   
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   Snag   
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   The fuel pump was one of my GT18's many mortal ailments. After cleaning out   
   the crud possibly caused by wet gasoline from a shoreline station and   
   installing a rebuild kit it mostly worked well enough. I added a marine   
   rubber bulb primer before the pump that flushes it strongly while refilling   
   the carb bowl and it's been fine since.   
      
   I also was pushed to adopt the GT18's replacement, a 22HP GT5000 from ~2005.   
   I'm glad I kept the 1991 Ranger with its 7' bed. The vacuum pulse connection   
   is a short molded hose from the pump top up to the valve cover, which   
   cracked on my neighbor's similar vintage engine. Mouth pressure/vacuum on a   
   clean spare hose to the port was enough to prove it pumps gasoline.   
      
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