I've replaced mine with an electric pump...now I'm
looking for a source of a blanking kit.Any help?
Dave Gebhard
----- Original Message -----
From: Peter Ficklin <pficklin@qnis.net>
To: <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2000 2:49 PM
Subject: fuel pump leaks oil... (med. longish)
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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