 Fuel Filter - which one?, For '74 1.8 w/ fuel pump relocated to front. |
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| auto_cran |
 Aug 12 2018, 05:27 PM
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Member  Group: Members Posts: 56 Joined: 12-February 12 From: Dallas, Texas Member No.: 14,123 Region Association: None  |
Previous owner relocated the fuel pump and filter to the front. Looks like a nice, clean job. I recently had some drive-ability issues and since the time I've owned the car (a few years now) I've never replaced the filter, so figure I'd start there and change it out - simple enough (so I thought).
Old filter was a very small plastic in-line filter which accommodated the different hose sizes. Bought a NAPA Gold/Wix 3274 (square/box type), installed it, checked for leaks - all good, no problem. Figured I was all done, I went to reinstall the access panel to discover I can't get it back on without the new filter touching the steering rack, which I don't want it to do. There doesn't seem to be much room in there. This is probably why the PO used the small one he had. I went to a few auto parts stores to find one that matched the one the PO had - and found one - except the flow (indicated by arrows) was in the opposite direction, so that was a no go. For those of you that relocated the fuel pump to the front - what filter are you using? Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated! Chris |
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| Dion |
Aug 14 2018, 08:52 AM
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RN Group: Members Posts: 2,839 Joined: 16-September 04 From: Audubon,PA Member No.: 2,766 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region 
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I had my pump moved to the front of my ‘73. It was
clamped onto the crossbar of steering rack. Near the bellows there Was no movement there. However I believe the ‘74/75,76 cars had a panel door in the lower front driver side of the bulkhead,front of tank. Here’s a pic pulled off the net. The panel folded down and the pump was bolted to the door I believe. Others can verify. Attached image(s) 
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| rothaus |
Aug 15 2018, 05:33 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 119 Joined: 20-November 10 From: Virginia Member No.: 12,404 Region Association: None |
QUOTE(Dion @ Aug 14 2018, 10:52 AM)  I had my pump moved to the front of my ‘73. It was clamped onto the crossbar of steering rack. Near the bellows there Was no movement there. However I believe the ‘74/75,76 cars had a panel door in the lower front driver side of the bulkhead,front of tank. Here’s a pic pulled off the net. The panel folded down and the pump was bolted to the door I believe. Others can verify. This is the location of the fuel pump on my 914 2.0 (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/airboxer.com-12404-1467338637.14.jpg) I also replaced the fuel ump with a new one which had the filter included. Pelican part # is PEL-CB3193 (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/www.pelicanparts.com-12404-1534333395.1.jpg) Cheers Engelbert |
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auto_cran Fuel Filter - which one? Aug 12 2018, 05:27 PM
cary Is the cover on the steering shaft? Aug 12 2018, 07:26 PM ClayPerrine I put a small WIX filter for a carbureted Ford in ... Aug 12 2018, 07:55 PM Chip My filter and fuel pump have been moved to the fro... Aug 12 2018, 09:50 PM
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My filter and fuel pump have been moved to the fr... Aug 14 2018, 05:11 AM dr914@autoatlanta.com we are using the round Mahle filter for fuel pump ... Aug 14 2018, 09:09 AM John Jentz
we are using the round Mahle filter for fuel pump... Aug 14 2018, 10:01 AM auto_cran Thanks Dr! Just ordered a couple.
John - I j... Aug 14 2018, 10:41 AM auto_cran On my '74, the fuel pump and filter are mounte... Aug 14 2018, 06:53 PM |
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