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Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: N. Phoenix AZ USA
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Hugh,
"Most likely?" How about 100% the three rubber diaphrams on the bottom of each carb are gone, as well as the rubber lines running from the tank to the pump and so on. Also the sediment bowl will be either full of crap or empty and need cleaning. The parts that Hugh is talking about get hard as a rock after a few years and leak fuel from them when the pump starts pumping.
This will be a pretty big project in many ways. All hyd items will need overhaul, clutch cylinder, all the brakes. All hoses and belts replaced. Fuel tank cleaned out, fuel lines purged, carbs overhauled. Also I would put a new fuel pump in, or overhaul the old one.
Its do-able, just will take a pretty fair amount of time. I am about 75% done with doing the very same thing on my Fathers 1969 XJ.
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