One of the first things I had Jim K’s guys install was an electric fuel pump. Turn the key and I could hear that woodpecker come to life. I was going to mount some rubber isolators on the frame so I wouldn’t have to listen to it until one day, when the coach didn’t start, I realized the woodpecker wasn’t home! I shinnied under the frame and found a loose connection. Peck-peck-peck I was running again.
I’ve never made friends with a carburetor, so I finally decided to install the Howell EFI with EBL and electronic distributor control. Over the past 2 1/2 years I haven’t given the motorhome much love, but when I go to start it up and give a run, it starts on the 3 revolution of the engine. Every time.
Oh - also the engine never does that embarrassing run-on after the switch is off, and there’s no such thing as vapor lock, so far.
So the take-away for me was to update to ’90’s technology to make up for my poor shade-tree mechanical skills.
Larry Davick
A Mystery Machine
1976(ish) Palm Beach
Fremont, CA
Howell EFI + EBL + Electronic Distributor