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Hammerhead69
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 Posted: Tue May 24, 2022 11:43 am Post subject: Fuel Pump |
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I’m trying to replace the stock fuel pump with a alternator style pump. As I was removing the spacer that the shaft rides in the tube broke. Am I boned?
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Multi69s
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Dark Earth
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| Posted: Tue May 24, 2022 1:20 pm Post subject: Re: Fuel Pump |
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This method might work ...
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Hammerhead69
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| Posted: Tue May 24, 2022 2:32 pm Post subject: Re: Fuel Pump |
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Thanks for the replies. I found a video on the site (I searched after I posted…I know, I know…) & he showed how to thread a tap down the n there & then thread a bolt to get it out. Disaster averted…
BTW, for future reference, he said that if some pieces break off & fall into the case they’ll probably drain out with the next oil change or the engine will chew them up. |
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Cusser
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| Posted: Tue May 24, 2022 5:14 pm Post subject: Re: Fuel Pump |
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| Hammerhead69 wrote: |
| I’m trying to replace the stock fuel pump with a alternator style pump. |
| Hammerhead69 wrote: |
| BTW, for future reference, he said that if some pieces break off & fall into the case they’ll probably drain out with the next oil change or the engine will chew them up. |
BTW, one does not need to remove/replace the fuel pump plastic flange to change to an alternator-style slanted pump, just the steel pushrod.
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Dark Earth
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| Posted: Tue May 24, 2022 10:07 pm Post subject: Re: Fuel Pump |
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Here's another interesting video about the fuel pump spacer. It's a different topic, but still relevant to what you're doing ...
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Hammerhead69
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| Posted: Wed May 25, 2022 7:26 am Post subject: Re: Fuel Pump |
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| Cusser wrote: |
| BTW, one does not need to remove/replace the fuel pump plastic flange to change to an alternator-style slanted pump, just the steel pushrod. |
Yeah I kinda regret messing with it. I thought I could just take it out & replace the gasket under it. |
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Cusser
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| Posted: Wed May 25, 2022 7:58 am Post subject: Re: Fuel Pump |
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| Hammerhead69 wrote: |
| I thought I could just take it out & replace the gasket under it. |
That's what I thought on mine, like 2 decades ago, was trying to stop some oil seepage, but wasn't actually coming from there; thought it would be a 10 minute task....
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