On Mon, 26 Jan 2015 15:19:22 -0600, wrote:

On Mon, 26 Jan 2015 13:57:08 -0500, wrote:

On Mon, 26 Jan 2015 09:27:46 -0500, "(PeteCresswell)"
wrote:

Per :
I still remember, probably 30 years ago, when my car quit running and
was blocking traffic. I had a buddy sitting on the fender, with the
hood open, and he was holding the torch over the carb while I slowly
drove the car over to the shoulder. But since it got the car to the
shoulder, we decided to see if we could drive it to his house, which was
about 1/2 mile away. Of course I could not see the road with the hood
up, so he had to tell me what to do. That was pretty insane, but it
worked, even though I must have had to restart the engine at least 25
times!

I remember doing something like that driving home through the back
streets of Waikiki - only it was Yours Truly laying across the fender
well pouring gasoline into the throat of the carburetor.

Now, when I read about some kid doing something that seems psychotically
stupid, I think back to that day and say to myself "Oh well....".

When necessity calls, we become creative! But then there is the safety
factor which is too often overlooked....

My first teaching job was filling in for the idiot that tried to get
an old bus engine in the shop running by pouring gas down the carb
from a can or cup while a student cranked it over.
2nd and 3rd degree burns on arm, chest, face and groin - out of
commision for over 9 months.

An old gasoline blowtorch - or even a pump oil can - is a LOT safer
than an open can or cup!!!!

Don't even THINK about dribbling it out the vent of a gas-can!!!!!!

I agree about not POURING gas into an engine (carb or intake), while
it's running. At least not in any large amount. (A one ounce shot
glass would probably be ok).

While I'm the one who mentioned using an pump oil can for /priming/ a
small engine or even a car, and mentioned using a propane torch. I
never really thought about using a /Gasoline blow torch/. I suppose
that could work and work quite well.

But that got me thinking......
I winder how one of those pressurized tanks from the old gasoline
Coleman camping stoves would work? JUST A THOUGHT!!!!
Heck, that could even be injected into the intake via a vacuum hose....
(Of course, only for engine testing, NOT DRIVING).....

I might just have to try that sometime!!!!

I made my living as a mechanic for about 25 years, staring in the late
sixties, and an old gasoline blowtorch got a lot of use for starting
stubborn engines. It was always in the back of the '43 power wagon tow
truck on service calls.