On Sun, 16 Nov 1997 21:39:01 -0800 "Andy Walker" <awtiger(at)ix.netcom.com>
writes:
>>Hey, gang:
>>
>>I just bought my Series V back in September and the former owner had
>>installed an electric fuel pump on it. He told me he did it because
>>the piece that drives the fuel pump (moves the arm in and out...I don't
>>know the proper name for it) was broken and would no longer move the pump
>>arm.
Jarrid writes:
>The pump is driven by an eccentric off the camshaft.
>The pump itself has a lever that rides on the eccentric.
>Since the fuelpump is quite inexpensive, and readily available,
>my assumption would be that the owner was aware that the
>camshafts eccentric was worn out, and did what was easiest
>to remedy the situation, which is to use an electric.
>SV cams seem to be getting rather rare, so if yours is
>trully gone, you might consider keeping the electric pump.
I agree with Jarrid. However, I wonder how likely it is for that part of
the cam to really wear down significantly. The fuel pump lever does not
have too much force, does it? That being said, I had a brand new
replacement fuel pump. It looked just like the original one on the car -
except that it didn't have that priming lever on it. Since I got it for
free, I thought I'd use it. It was of course the last thing I checked when
my newly restored car would not start. As it turns out, the pump must be
for another car as cam lever was not at the same exact spot. So, the cam
was not pushing the lever. I installed a solid state Facet type fuel pump,
and have been extremely happy with it.
Jay
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