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put an electric fuel pump on it




Thread winner right there.

The newer fuels tend to boil out on the older cars when parked, newer (late 70s-80s) vehicles tend to have well insulated carbs with resin float bowls in some cases.

I swapped from a mech to electric in the Duster, now instead of cranking the thing to death I just switch the key on, wait 30 seconds, pump the gas twice and it barks right to life.