Old cars supported by sites like this one are a very good learning experiences as well.


I support the majority of maintenance requirement on all our cars. As cars got newer they also became much more complex. In my opinion they are far less desirable to learn on.


A lot of my older generation started to repair our cars as was quite common all those years ago. In my case it was over sixty years ago. I still do most of it.


The manual primer pump is located at the base of the injection pump. The original pumps had a white knob you unscrewed and pumped until you you heard a noise. That is the relief valve opening. The push on the pump with your fingers becomes more resistant as well as you pump. A lot of these primer pumps where replaced with a unit with a black knob. These you do not unscrew to use and screw down once used. You just finger pump them.


They refill the fuel filter and base of the injection pump with fuel. It is better to not run out of fuel though. As some of these cars present more of a problem getting them running again. If you run them out of fuel.