Priming 3208T?

[Kurt Horvath]

Alan,

This routine! :}

Kurt Horvath
95 PT 42
10AC

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "xz3kg7"
wrote:
>
> So, last week I decided to do some "routine" maintenance on my Bird.
> Why is it that I always get into something when I do routine
> maintenance?
>
> How do I prime my 87 3208T? I read some posts about a "prime pump",
> but I don't know if mine has one. Below is how I got to this
problem,
> if it matters.
>
> Thanks,
> Alan
> 87FC35
>
> Here's what happened. I took off my doghouse, which included
> disconnecting the guage on the side of the doghouse for the Racor.
> Later on, I decided I needed to turn my Bird around so I would be in
> the shade. While I was moving it, it started idling rough. Being the
> quick thinker that I am, I remembered the hose that was connected to
> the Racor. When I put my finger over the hose, it started running
> better. I finished turning it around, left it running to go check on
> if I had it positioned where I wanted it (now without my finger on
the
> hose). It then started idling rough again and died.
>
> I finished my maintenance, reconnected the racor guage and tried to
> start it, but it seems to not be getting fuel. I'm pretty sure it
had
> something to do with my disconnecting the guage.
>