I recently brought my 23 T out of mothballs. After doing all the routine maintenance before taking it out, oil change/filter/fuel filter/brakes/ you know the drill, I cranked it up, and it ran great. A few short neighborhood runs to test for problems, and all was well. Yesterday, I took it for a little longer jaunt, and about ten miles out, it died. after 3 1/2 hours after starting, driving, and dying, I made it home. Seems as though the carb is pushing too much fuel into the engine, and flooding. But after checking a little further, I find that the electric fuel pump is cranking 15 to 20 pounds pressure nonstop, and the carb is not stopping it. I originally thought carb rebuild, Holley dbl pmp 600 cfm on a Cragar 471 Blower, but now am wondering if the fuel pump has gone bad. I took the pump apart to check for problems, but did not find any. Fuel pump used to come on with key turn, then stop at around 12 lbs until I started the engine. I even plugged the line from the pump to the primary, but it would not shut off. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
thanks, mike