[dano]

I'm having trouble starting my '79 SC; it does not seem to be getting its gas when it has been sitting and the engine is cold, it eventually starts after A LOT of pumping on the gas. Warm starts are fine so I was thinking it may be the cold start valve or the fuel accumulator. I started with the cold start valve; removed it and tried testing it by seeing if any gas came though when turning the engine over... no gas appeared.

Questions:

1. Should I ground the cold start valve to test it in the manner described above?

2. How can I test the electric circuit going to the cold start valve?

3. How can I test the accumulator, I tried removing a fuel line to see if had pressure but I couldn't get it off quick enough to see a "spurt" of pressure?

4. What should I look at next?

I appreciate any info you can provide, I'm not very experienced with the CIS system.

Thanks,

Dan