Brian,
Come on east and we will both enjoy a flight in my blow up Cessna, or my little toy my friends call the kite.
I had considered at one time having something on board that could be used to prime the coach, but I ruled that out because of the space it would take up. If I were on the side of the road (unlikely, but let's pretend) I would use the tow car and head to the nearest Wal-Mart, K-mart, Lowes, or Home Depot where a cheap sprayer could be bought along with whatever hose or fitting I would need to get the job done. The more likely scenario would be a bunch of bad fuel, either from vandalism or just crud in the truck stop fuel tank. On the one occasion when we were in northern Nevada and I felt a shudder to indicate the fuel filter(s) were plugging with crud, I just went into the first truck stop and parked next to the fuel island and changed the fuel filters, priming them from the pump. You do not have to prime the bus if it is still getting fuel and if you have filled fuel filters.
BTW, I wish I could take credit for the sprayer as a means of doing this, but when I was hanging around the DD dealer they were priming a newly installed engine using an undercounter Pepsi pressure tank that had about 3 gallons of fuel that they pressurized with shop air. Same concept.
For guys that are so inclined it seems to me a beer keg could serve the same purpose.


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