The only thing that comes to mind is that the eccentric lobe the fuel pump
arm hits on is at it's most outward position and this is making the
installation of the new fuel pump difficult. Try bumping the engine over so
the point of the lobe is in the other direction so the arm on the fuel pump
doesn't have too much pressure on it and the pump should install very easy!
Joe
-----Original Message-----
From: James Collins <jxc7@psu.edu>
To: oletrucks@autox.team.net <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Date: Saturday, October 20, 2001 6:12 PM
Subject: [oletrucks] Fuel Pump
>A while ago I purchased a fuel pump (normal style, no glass or vacuum
>assist) for my 50 Chevy PU w/235. The engine is said to be from a 1953
>Chevy auto. Engine I.d. places it on the assembly line February 1953. The
>pump doesn't seem to fit. Can't recall the orientation of the old one I
>removed, that is: which end is up? Inside the small rectangular hole there
>sits a shinny cylindrical roller. I can't get the foot on the pump to fit
>in and align with the bolt holes in either direction. Is there somthing I'm
>missing here? Recently I reordered new pump thinking perhaps I mistakenly
>ordered the wrong one. The new box contained the exact same pump. (Sorry
>LCM I will be returning it to you soon) Don't ask me what I did with the
>one that was originally on the truck, I've had the whole thing pulled apart
>too long to remember where I put it, I wish I were perfect, sorry. Am I on
>the right track thinking that most 235's take a common fuel pump and that
>beyond the glass/vac choice there's not much to it? If so, that would leave
>some method or proceedure that isn't particularly obvious or it's something
>worse?
>
>Fuelishly,
>
>James
>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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