Turn the engine a half-turn or so. Might be that you're
sitting on the pump lobe on the camshaft, so the hand lever
won't pump fuel.
Shouldn't take long at all - I don't remember it taking a
long time back when I had my 2.25 Diesel.
ajr
--- Steve Lister <steve_lister@voyager.net> wrote:
>
> I just changed my fuel filter on a 1972 SIII 109" and
> after reading the
> "descriptive" Haynes manual it devotes about two
> sentences to the
> process of bleeding the system. I have been pumping the
> hand primer on
> the bottom of the fuel pump for quite some time and still
> I am not
> getting any fuel from the vent at the top of the filter
> body. How long
> does it typically take to fill the bowl and get enough
> diesel in it to
> squirt out? Help.
>
> Regards,
> Steve
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