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Prime Carburetor and Initial Start Attempt

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1968 BRONCO GOES TO THE CRUSHER?? OR...WILL IT RUN??

What happens here

With the battery connected, the presenter removes the air filter cover to expose the carburetor. He then pours a small amount of fresh gasoline directly into the carburetor to give the engine a quick prime for starting. He briefly attempts to start the vehicle, noting that it turns over but does not fully fire, which suggests a fuel delivery issue rather than a spark problem.

Goal: Attempt to start the engine by manually priming the carburetor.

Tools and materials

  • Air Filter Cover — To be removed to access the carburetor
  • Carburetor — Fuel delivery system for the engine
  • Gasoline — Priming the carburetor

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care about too much we're gonna take off the breather cover here air filter cover we're gonna pour a little bit of gas in here sorry let's go out a little gas down in there there we go if you get a chance and you like this kind of stuff click that thumbs up if you like the Bronco click that thumbs up this is just good fun stuff right here so the fuel comes from the fuel tank goes through the fuel pump and into the carburetor here okay so we're going to disconnect the fuel line from the gas tank which we know the gas tank is rotted out rusty just gnarly rotted out and we're gonna take this little gas can right here this little guy that I had laying around and we're gonna take the little gas can put some gas in it set it right up here and see if we can get this little pump to spin and pick up fuel and take it to the engine and we'll let the engine run I hope it runs this is a challenge I don't know for sure whether we're gonna run or not that's a great sign it's gettin spark'd it's just not getting fuel we got to figure out the fuel issue but we really need to do if we're going to use it if we're gonna get it in the garage we need to drive it into the garage and if we're gonna sell it we need to be able to show somebody hey yeah it runs this is the

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