Same here.
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So I was out running the engine in my Vette the other day. Seeing as how it sits most of the time in the cold garage and hasn't moved since fall when it rolled in for brake work. That turned into 'Everything' work, and it's still down until I finish the interior.
Anyway, I start it maybe once every two weeks unless there is a specific reason to start it. I tend the battery once a week and have checked fluids and such but that's it.
I can reach down inside, standing beside the car, turn the key, and start the motor. After a few weeks it turns for a couple seconds...then fires. If it's been less than a week it fires right up like it was fuel injected.
How many of you can do that? Anyone have to pump and pump and wait and pump and wait...?
Anyway, I start it maybe once every two weeks unless there is a specific reason to start it. I tend the battery once a week and have checked fluids and such but that's it.
I can reach down inside, standing beside the car, turn the key, and start the motor. After a few weeks it turns for a couple seconds...then fires. If it's been less than a week it fires right up like it was fuel injected.
How many of you can do that? Anyone have to pump and pump and wait and pump and wait...?
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Any car with a carburetor and an automatic choke has to be pumped at least once in order to allow the choke to close. Cars with torqued interior screws require less pumping. American cars driven in Europe will not start at all unless their owners buy cheap American beer at inflated European prices. (Hey Twin - how much are you paying for US Budweiser in Holland now?) 
I am going to have a Bud and torque my screws right now. I should save a bundle on gas.
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I remember the thread, but I have no idea why it's being thrown in my face. It's happened in three threads now. Lars, Redvetteguy, and TT.
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With the hundreds of things that have gone wrong with this car, I can honestly say that this engine has fired up as soon as the solenoid clacked in from day one. It's like instant on. It also cuts off instantly. I take no credit. I don't complain. I hope I haven't jinxed myself!
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