The new pump should have come with new spacer, did it? The old pump and
spacer were a matched set, made to give the right throw for the application.
The new pump should have it's own spacer, probably much thicker than the old
spacer, and that is what should be used to mount it to the engine. I'd call
the place you ordered it and explain the issue...sounds like their error!!
Dick - 77 Midget
-----Original Message-----
From: Guy <Guy@weller-lakes.freeserve.co.uk>
To: Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Date: Sunday, March 07, 1999 1:45 PM
Subject: Fuel pump problems!
>I took the List advice and ordered a replacement fuel pump
>(1500 Midget, mechanical pump, diaphragm leaking)
>The replacement pump is different to the original.
>It won't fit, at least not without forcing it and I am sure it is wrong.
>The lever arms are different shapes. The original, stamped 7990489 is more
>curved, sort of "J" shaped, and the contact point onto the cam shaft
appears
>to be at a different position relative to the pump mounting flange. The
>replacement has no number on the lever arm, which is straighter and more
>pointy.
>The original uses a spacer between the block and pump, but the new one
won't
>pull up tight to the spacer; something (like the lever arm ??) seems to be
>stopping it.
>Help, Help, I need your help!
>
>Guy
>
>Have I got the wrong one?
>
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