Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 9:55 pm
Tyler,
Glad to hear you and your Lazair are OK! I might be crazy, but I rebuild my fuel pumps (and/or carb diaphragms) every 2 years now. I've found that the diaphragms start to get a little stiff after only a couple years, and that causes the pumps to start loosing their ability to work at 100%. With the fuel so low in most Lazairs, the pumps have to do a lot of work. I had the same situation on my Avenger (they are now called Hurricanes). The main difference was that it had a separate fuel pump that fed two carbs from a low mounted tank. I don't know what your setup is for pumping fuel, but I would sure look into it if it's 20 years old!
Chappy
Glad to hear you and your Lazair are OK! I might be crazy, but I rebuild my fuel pumps (and/or carb diaphragms) every 2 years now. I've found that the diaphragms start to get a little stiff after only a couple years, and that causes the pumps to start loosing their ability to work at 100%. With the fuel so low in most Lazairs, the pumps have to do a lot of work. I had the same situation on my Avenger (they are now called Hurricanes). The main difference was that it had a separate fuel pump that fed two carbs from a low mounted tank. I don't know what your setup is for pumping fuel, but I would sure look into it if it's 20 years old!
Chappy