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72scoutII304

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I have resently gotten a 72 Scout II with a 304 and have plans to restore it but ive ran into a problem while trying to get it to run. I havent been getting any fuel to the carb. Ive replace the fuel lines and cleaned out the tank and I still havent recieved fuel to the carb if anyone has any clue on what I should do please tell me
 
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Have you tried to prime it with some fuel in the carb? I mean take the fuel line off of the carb and using a small funnel and hose connected to the fuel inlet fill the carb bowl with fuel till it won't take any more. Make sure the accelerator pump shoots when you pump the throttle and reconnect the normal fuel line.

It should fire. If you have a mighty vac hand pump or if you are not squeamish, see if you can suck fuel from the tank to the carb end of the fuel line. Some times the fuel pump will be inop until is see's fuel again and the check valves get wet.
 
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I put fuel in the fuel line just before the mechanical fuel pump on the front of the engine and tried cranking and had my Dad pour gas right into the carb and it would start up till it burned it all off and shut off
 
If that is the case you either have a bad pump of an air leak , blocked line on the inlet side of the pump. Have you verified that you get fuel to the pump by sucking on the carb fuel line?
 
Well I took the fuel pump off and messed with it by hand and it was wasnting to push and pull air though in inlet and outlet and then I put it back on and primed the lines and it ran till the fuel after the pump was gone and then it wouldnt get anymore gas through the lines and also I put in a inline fuel filter and it is only half full so I think it might just be sucking air in the line and not have enough gas in the tank cuz the Scout is at a slight angle on a hill and I think there is enough gas to get sucked out of the tank to the lines
 
Ok well I figured out why I wasnt getting any fuel. When I put the inline fuel filter in next to the tank my Dad told me to give it an extra foot of line, so when I needed to change it I could just pull it out further and change it easy. I did that and when my Dad put the tank back in the line went under ther cross member for the body and pinched the line of in two places so I did that and it runs now. But when I went to prime the bowl a few days ago after I started this thread I stripped the threads where the needle goes into the bowl. So this guy that my Dad works with got me another Holley 2300 carb but it had a different bowl on it than the one on then Holley 2300 carb I had on the Scout so I had the idea of just swtiching the bowls and we had to switch the pump on the bottom of the bowl and we put it on my carb and the plate between the bowl and the carb fell off and we guess it tore the gasket cuz I cranked it up and I heard a hissing noise and I looked at the carb and it was gushing out gas so my Dad is gonna swing by o'reillys and get me a gasket kit for it and then the Scout should be good to go so I can take it to my autobody class and finally start to work on something since im half way into the semester and the Scout was my project for the class
 
As you are finding out, all Holley 2300 carbs are not the same. There are original design models as well as aftermarket models, with numerous variations of each design. The original models have a side hung fuel float, while the aftermarket models use a center hung float. The corresponding fuel bowls are markedly different in design and appearance between the two. Mixing and matching of random carb parts is rarely an advisable practice. Doing so can lead to performance issues and considerable frustration. If you could provide us with the list number of your carb as well as the list number of the parts donor carb, that would help us help you determine whether or not parts between the two are compatible. The list number can be found on the front, right face of the airhorn and will be a 4 digit number possibly with a suffix such as 2977-1 or 7448. If you'd like to post good pics of the carbs that could be helpful as well.
 
The bowl bolted right up to the plate and no problems except the pump on the bottom of the bowl had to be switched too cuz the one on the new carb was to big and the bowl wouldnt fit right and we switched the spring on the inside and and the two bowls had the same demensions just the old one had a side float and the new one had a center float but everything else worked I just need a new gasket for it
 
Well the carb works great now I just adjusted the needle and no more gas is pushing its pay through the gasket and I was gonna take it up the road and back but when I tried to put it into gear it was just grinding away so I guess ima need a clutch now :nonod: but I guess this is what I get for it sitting there for 19 years not being ran once
 
Your clutch disk is probably stuck to the flywheel. Put it in 1st gear and with the clutch held down have someone (or a couple of some one's) rock the truck back and forth to see if it will break free. That's the safe way to try, I won't go over the dangerous way.

I had a '71 triumph spit6 that would do this while sitting over the winter.
 
Ok, don't do this if the brakes are not functioning well or in an area where you don't want to drive through the wall. There is some risk of breaking things besides the clutch disk off the fly wheel.

First off how does the clutch pedal feel? Can you detect some free play? Does it feel like you need some pretty good pressure to over come the springs? If so then.....

Put it in 4th, step on the brakes hard while stepping on the clutch and hit the starter.

If you happen to be in a place where you can safely drive it. A better plan would be to start it in 1st gear with clutch in. Sometimes that will break 'em free.

And please stay safe!!! These engines have a lot of torque so don't try to fight it with the brakes, turn off the key.
 
Its a 3 speed and the brakes aint that good at the moment but I did a piece of wood infront of my tires so it wouldnt roll and tried it but it didnt work, but now I have to tune my carb to how it was cuz my Dad messed with it trying to "smooth out the idle" and now it dies if I give it a lil bit of gas which really pissed me off that he did that cuz it was perfect
 
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