Spit Squadron Pilots,
Anybody else out there have problems with an oil leak in their fuel
pump? I bring this up to warn others, perhaps, of some potential
problems. Currently under restoration, my '63 only gets started once or
twice a month for 15 to 20 minutes or so, since the engine rebuild a
couple of years ago. I've had a chronic oil leak, that is worse only
after it runs awhile. I finally took the time to track it down, and
it's from the fuel pump. The repro fuel pump from TRF has a hole
drilled through the pump body to accept a friction fit shaft to hold the
acutator lever (cam to diaphragm) on it. At higher RPMs this shaft has
loosened and worked it's way out the hole, leaving a hole in the fuel
pump for oil to splash from the crankcase to the exterior of the
engine. The original fuel pump had an "internal" shaft, which was
accessed by removing the pump and from the gasket face. Anybody run
into this, and how did you fix it, short of a new/better pump?
thanks much, to long already...
Peter Ficklin
'63 7 '68 Spits
Fresno, CA
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