Dave,
I made my own from a flat piece of steel (aluminum is good too), But I
was told recently that the flange of the fuel pump is the same shape as
a small block Chevy. Go to your local speed shop or custom accessory
store and get a blanking plate for that application and it should work
fine (if my source didn't lie).
Joe
"D.T.Gebhard" wrote:
>
> 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
> - - - - - -
--
"If you can't excel with talent, triumph with effort."
-- Dave Weinbaum in National Enquirer
|