Classic/Antique Car Repair: 77 lincoln, carburetor problems, rubber hose

Question
Hi again Dick
Thanls for aswnering  it has a furl pump on the engin block I can see but very hard to get to
I tried puting gad in car and I also hooked a rubber hose and can to carb inlet with gas so it would supply the carb with gas it idled a little while but wouldn't rece
Also I put the hose from fuel pump in small container of gas but it would not pump gas.
)he inheareted it from his Dad)

Answer
OK, I understand.  I guess the next step is to disconnect the gas line at the fuel pump end and also at the tank end, then try to blow through the line.  If it is blocked, you'll know you have to replace it.  If it isn't blocked, you'll have to attach a substitute line to the tank outlet and try blowing back into the tank - if you can, then you should be able to get gas from the tank to the pump with everything hooked up. If you get that far, and the pump still doesn't produce gas, then it's time to buy it a new fuel pump.

If the car won't keep running with you manually feeding gas into the carburetor, it sounds like you may also have carburetor problems, but let's get the gas flowing as a first step, then we'll see what else needs to be done.

Dick