73 Fuel Pump Dead - want to replace pump and lines - what all do I need? |
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73 Fuel Pump Dead - want to replace pump and lines - what all do I need? |
jbachert |
May 2 2013, 07:13 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 40 Joined: 2-January 13 From: Allentown, PA Member No.: 15,329 Region Association: North East States |
1973 with original fuel injection and fuel pump in factory location.
Fuel pump is dead. I would like to do the following: 1) Replace factory fuel lines with stainless from Tangerine Racing - I have the original plastic lines in the tunnel and the original plastic lines in the engine compartment 2) Relocation the fuel pump to the front while I am at it - need a new fuel pump It seems the original "3 fuel line connection" pumps are no longer available So: 1) Which lines to I need to purchase from Tangerine to do this? 2) What fuel pump should I buy to install in the front of the car? Thanks, John |
jbachert |
May 15 2013, 11:15 AM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 40 Joined: 2-January 13 From: Allentown, PA Member No.: 15,329 Region Association: North East States |
I was able to replace my lines and get a new style pump installed in the rear.
One weird thing I found (and I don't know how long it was this way on the car) is that at some point somebody obviously messed with things because the return and supply inlet were switched on the fuel tank and the return was running into the tank through the screen and being supplied out of the hole without the screen. I am not sure what the inside of the tank is plumbed like, but I would think at the very least with it this way I would have run out of gas before the fuel gauge was reading empty (assuming the return returns higher than the supply?). Sometimes you wonder who, how or why these things happen. |
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