Rx7FBGuy

Hello all, I just recently purchased an RX-7 FB GS and have been running into some issues since the day I got it. I bought it and it could only idle with the choke on so I figured I had a big vacuum leak due to the now removed rats nest(and all Associated things to be stripped from the carb and intake) or the idle circuit in the carburetor was plugged so I went ahead and rebuilt it with a fresh kit and made sure to leave out the needles and seats in the kit as I heard those are no good. After rebuilding the carb I went ahead and reattached it and I'm now dealing with a no start issue, I went ahead and started to try and deflood my engine as I figured it was probably full of fuel at this point so I went ahead and followed standard deflooding procedure but now my fuel pump won't come on when I turn the key and I'm at alittle bit of a loss for the now maybe dead fuel pump. After the flooding I was able to get compression again but obviously I won't be able to run the engine without a fuel pump, but for the sake of testing I can use starter fluid. What should I do to try to get the engine firing and pump going?

diabolical1

welcome to the board.

if your car is a S3, then you might want to check the relay in the fuel pump circuit first. other than that, it's fairly easy to test the pump. just get a container ready and pull the supply line.