You might take it into your LAPS and just look at other kits. You might be
able to find something you can modify to meet your needs. There really
isn't much to go bad in the things other than a diaphragm and the check
valves. Good luck with it.
Kevin Lake
56 GMC Suburban/napco
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> From: Allen L. Jones <ALJ@hartcrowser.com>
> To: oletrucks@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Fuel Pump Rebuild Kits and Frustration
> Date: Tuesday, April 27, 1999 2:31 PM
>
> Tried Jim Carter, Napa, Obsolete, Vintage, Chevy Duty, Filling Station,
and 20 others. They all offer rebuilt ones from a "secret" source and
require a core. It's weird - it's the first brick wall I've come across in
this 'ol truck stuff.
>
> >>> "Doug Pewterbaugh" <dpewter@email.msn.com> 04/27 10:23 AM >>>
> When you say "nobody", have you tried Jim Carter's & NAPA? They seem to
be
> my first likely choices. And, even though I haven't used them in a long
> time, Obsolete Chevrolet in Nashville, GA might be able to help; they
sold
> me a single 216 cast iron piston (to requested weight, no less) when I
> needed it (I bought a set from an old man locally, & found later that one
> piston was a 235 standard vs. a 216 oversize like the rest).
>
> Regards,
> Doug Pewterbaugh
> dpewter@msn.com
> Denton, TX
> 49 3104 216 5-Window
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Allen L. Jones <ALJ@hartcrowser.com>
> To: oletrucks@autox.team.net <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
> Date: Tuesday, April 27, 1999 12:01 PM
> Subject: [oletrucks] Fuel Pump Rebuild Kits and Frustration
>
>
> >Does anyone know of a source for fuel pump rebuild kits? I have a dual
> action fuel pump for a Chevy inline ('52 to '57) I'd like to rebuild
myself
> (being the do-it-yourself type) and nobody, I mean nobody, will sell a
> rebuild kit for it. It's a very easy rebuild. Several vendors are happy
to
> exchange it for a rebuilt one, but will not sell the rebuild kit....and
are
> very frank about not offering a kit. I'm getting the sense that someone
has
> a little monopoly going on out there...maybe not. It's like offering a
> rebuilt motor, but not offering the parts so you rebuilt it yourself.
Any
> suggestions? Thanks.
> >
> >oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
>
>
>
>
> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
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