Luckily, I caught it in the garage. It was fine last night and fubared this morning. This is an aftermarket pump by Mallory and when I took it apart the seal was shot on the shaft between the motor and the gearator. So, back on jackstands for me.

Dave

I've got a used Djet one if that will help.

Bummer. Glad it happened in your garage though.

Thanks Marc, I've got a couple of those myself. I ordered a new Walbro. there is a kit to rebuild the Mallory but, I don't think I will. It wasn't that old and I just don't trust it. Thank goodness it showed it's colors now and not on the road to Cali.

mallory would be explaining to me why that pump would fail after such a short life.

k

It spent 6 months dry. It was used when I got it, how much I don't know and I don't have a receipt. I either eat it or repair it. It costs 35 bucks for new seals on a pump that I don't like the design of and has plumbing that is overly complicated to get fuel to and from. I think it qualifies as a 914 boat anchor.

Dave

Dave,
Dont waste you money on the lottery.
Please dont take that the wrong way...you just seem to have poor luck...
I found a delco fuel pump that worked.
For the PSI it was 65 PSI peak, fitting size was one in one out...I forget the sizing, but measure it.
The local flaps has a big catalog of parts...the delco one works find and its alot cheaper than the bosch one.

Rich

Mine's prety tricky to get plumbed in also.

J.P.
It looks like the shock stems are sticking up pretty high. Hope they don't hit the hood when it's lowered. My racing Koni's and Camber Ball mount hit my hood when closed. Your stems look like they are higher than mine.................

The continuing saga: New Fuel Pump was DOA. Maybe I am cursed. Spent the day getting it plumbed and had to take it back out. I bled it, and the motor in the pump runs but nada. I can't even blow through it either direction. I suspect something plugged it. I know it wasn't from the car cause I blew out all of the lines and there is a 40 micron filter between the tank and the pump. Summit is overnighting a new one so, I get another gas bath tomorrow.

Dave

Dave,
Are you holding your mouth right? Can you test these out of the car before installing? " Hang in there, it will be ok." Just keep repeating that until you begin to believe it. LOL. Hope the new pump will be OK.
Wonder why I never have these bad luck things happen to me? Oh, yea, I have to work on the car for them to happen, right? I knew those jack stands were good for something.
Last time I started it it was running OK, but I need to get the brakes to stop squealing. Hope nothing breaks when I get around to putting the anti- squeal on the pads. Ha, Ha.
Tom

Got the 2nd pump in and all is well now. It says right on the pump that it takes a 20 amp fuse. So off I go and the car quits. The fuse I had in was 7.5 amp so, I didn't make it far. 100 yards down the driveway. Change fuses and I'm off again. I had a nice drive until I threw the alternator belt. So, I fixed that this morning.

Dave

Oops, sorry......was I laughing out loud?

Dave, your patience is overwhelming! You must really hate jackstands. Glad you're back on the road.

the saga of Dave Hunt!

I put on an old alternator belt that never gave me any trouble. It has the notches on the outside instead of the inside like a Conti. The Conti I had on there was new and it came off at about 7K. Needless to say I'm lucky it didn't take out anything else. In particular, there is a shielded cable from the crank sensor that is on the firewall near the fan and I was worried about that.

I took it out this morning for a short shakedown and all seemed well. The alternator belt behaved itself. It would have been great but, it started raining buckets. I need to get some miles on this engine.

Dave

Good News Dave ,
Put on your best smile Today.

Glad to hear it Dave.
By the way, when are you going to write a book on this saga? Would be an interesting read and there is plenty of room for humor.
Tom

Dave,

WOW! She's up and running! Great work!

I have been battling fuel problems too. We totally rebuilt the Webers on the 3.2 Friday ... it should have been done long ago.

You were smart to turn around and wait for the rain to let up ... unfortunately it was probably a long wait.



My son and I were at Bremerton Raceway to do a bit of lapping yesterday ... it should have been sanctioned by the ABPA (American Power Boat Association) instead of the IRDC. We had one session where a WET line started to develop.

Spinning the rear tires at 4000 rpm in 5th gear is the kind of excitement I can do without!

Eddie