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Re: fuel pump leaks oil...

To: "Greg Ames" <greg.ames.90@alum.dartmouth.org>
Subject: Re: fuel pump leaks oil...
From: "Graham Stretch" <technical-iwnet@lineone.net>
Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 23:18:44 -0000
HI All
If you are playing around with original pattern pumps the actuating levers
can generally be interchanged to suit the correct model if it can't some
cars were fitted with the same pump using a spacer block (somewhere in the
region of 3/8"to 1/2" thick) I think this was used on later cars.

Graham.

----- Original Message -----
From: Greg Ames <greg.ames.90@alum.dartmouth.org>
To: Peter Ficklin <pficklin@qnis.net>; <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, February 18, 2000 4:00 PM
Subject: Re: fuel pump leaks oil...


>
> FWIW, the pump I bought last Sept from Moss for my '72 Mk IV does have a
> priming lever.  I don't know if it'll fit a '63, however.
>
> Greg
>
> Peter Ficklin <pficklin@qnis.net> wrote:
> >Don't know if I can or not - the original one had a lever on it, but the
> >internal check valves were shot.  I looked at replacing the valves with
> >the ones from the repro I bought that leaks, but they wouldn't fit...  I
> >like the idea of a lever, tho.  Anybody got a good one for sale?
> >
> >Peter
> >- - - -
> >
> >AH1962SP@aol.com wrote:
> >>
> >> cant you get an after market one with a hand primeing lever?
> >>
> >> bruce cincinnati
>
>



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