Maybe a dumb question, blowing V6 fuel lines?

[Hillman]

I tried to start my Cologne V6 Alpine today for the first time in about 4 years. I've neglected it for a variety of reasons but just want it to run enough to drive it on and off my trailer to bring it home to work on it. After a new battery, the fuel punp clicked away but no fuel appeared in the clear filter.
I'm planning to go back tomorrow with a bit of gas (just in case it's out) and an air tank. The car has an aftermarket electric fuel pump. Will I destroy the pump by blowing air from the filter (located in the engine bay) to unplug the lines. I don't care if I do, as long as the punp works well enough to drive the car onto and off the trailer.

Any thoughts?

 

[Aladin Sane]

There will be check valve in the pump that will keep you from blowing back through it. You will have to take the line loose from the pump discharge.

 

[absunbeam]

If you have a carburator you can fill the bowl through the vent tube on top of the carb. Use a syringe or a squirt oil can with gas and filled it thru the top tube. Had a fuel pump failure (electric) same as you. Got it going enough to run a couple of minutes.

 

[MikeH]

I had a problem with my 73 mustang that sat a while. It ended up being the nipple on the fuel pickup, where the fuel line connects to the tank. It had corroded completely shut. Of course I didn’t find this until after I replaced the fuel pump on the 351 Cleveland.

 

[Hillman]

Turned out to be an easy fix, just add a couple of quarts of gas and it fired right up.

Now carb leaking onto manifold, not sure from where but the front. It's a Holley 8007. Rebuild time, I guess.