Richard:
Any chance it was the wrong gasket? When I rebuilt my fuel pump,
the kit came with 2 gaskets, one of which fit, the other didn't. I
presume
the second gasket was for another application that used the same pump...
Vance
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-6pack@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-6pack@autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of Richard Seaton
Sent: Monday, August 09, 2004 7:25 PM
To: 6 Pack
Subject: Bad fuel pump gasket from Moss
Hey gang,
I had an oil leak at the original AC fuel pump which I thought was
coming
from the pivot pin for the pump lever, so a used Canadian pump was tried
with
Permatex #2. Believe it or not it still leaked.
So the Canadian pump was pulled. Would you believe the gasket which
Moss sent
was cut wrong to seal the fuel pump to the block. That's a relief. It
doesn't
come up high enough on the top to seal the flat surface on the pump
completely
to the block. I wouldn't have noticed it if the gasket didn't stick to
the
pump and reveal the gasket is 3/16" shy of the flange. Since the gasket
was
1st put on the block and not checked w/ the fuel pump, it was never
noticed.
I informed Moss what I found and they had had no issues on the gasket.
I
suspect if the permatex Blue or black form a gasket is used then the
lack of
gasket material wouldn't matter, but with #2 which isn't the form a
gasket
type, then it would matter. So if you have an oil leak at the fuel pump,
then
you might want to check it.
The problem was cured by making a trace off the gasket, but cutting the
top
part higher.
One leak down, one to go. Well for the motor that is. The other leak is
at
the front, behind the front engine plate. I suspect it's the dreaded
sealing
block.
Richard Seaton
RSH17@msn.com<mailto:RSH17@msn.com>
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