There is just NO WAY the lobe for the fuel pump could have worn away.
Compare the loading and forces of the fuel pump with one of the valves
that the camshaft also drives!
Personally, I think that replacing a simple thing like a mechanical fuel
pump with a complicated thing like an electric fuel pump plus
wiring plus regulator is NOT going to make things better in the long run.
From reading the mailing list, I get the impression that most electric
fuel pumps are installed in a desperate attempt to fix an engine problem
that has not responded to other forms of treatment. Then when it has no effect,
the regulator is added, with similar results.
that's my rant, anyway.
Doug Braun
'72 Spit (with original fuel pump).
At 10:21 AM 6/11/00 -0400, you wrote:
>Well, I've finally discovered why my car stopped running when I got back
>from Illinois, the camshaft is no longer turning the arm on the fuel pump to
>feed the gas to the carbs, this a.m. I took the F.P. apart, removed the
>diaphram and bolted the pump to the block, no movement of the F.P. arm at
>all, none. I called Ken Galanders on Friday to ask if he had ever heard of
>this happening, and he said no, not on these cars, the high point on the cam
>lobe is still there, I do feel a little indentation on the rear of the cam
>where the arm would normally ride. No more concours judging this year, a
>electric pump with regulator goes on today, this cam has less than 40K miles
>on it, they should be good on a fuel pump hook-up for life, never wear out,
>sure don't understand this. Anybody on the list ever had such a happening ??
>"FT"
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