Priming Fuel System (1964 Watson Roadster)

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What happens here

The 1964 Watson Roadster is prepared for starting. The crew pulls the spark plugs from the engine. Then, an external starter motor, which the presenter notes was repurposed from a B-29 bomber, is used to spin the motor over without ignition. This action primes the fuel system, ensuring that fuel is drawn into the cylinders and is ready for ignition. After priming, the spark plugs are re-installed.

Goal: Prepare the fuel system for ignition by priming it.

Tools and materials

External Drive Shaft — Connecting the starter motor to the engine
External Starter Motor — Spinning the motor to prime the fuel system
Spark Plug Wrench — Removing and re-installing spark plugs
Spark Plugs — Igniting the fuel-air mixture

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[Music] [Applause] fuel first right what fuel first uh that's actually a right front brake shut off that's right front right front brake shut off right front BR come on it's like a spr car you know to turn in a little better the fuel valve is down on your right hand side the car behind us the Lotus it was pretty much what came out fragile type car where this is big and robust and the bad thing about these cars is that they hurt a lot of drivers and and killed a lot of drivers also and in 1955 11 of the 33 drivers that raced in the Indianapolis 500 perished jeez and so but this car was built by Watson in gardinia a lot of the hardware from these cars the guys with had just gotten out of World War II too and they worked at lock heat and and so they would take the Fasteners home and put them on these cars and build them um this I don't know about this particular chassis but I know a lot of Watson's chassis they would tack them together in gardinia put them in a truck take them to um Lockheed the guy would weld them

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