[T3] Fuel pump rod

Mike Fisher fisherfarms at gmail.com
Tue Dec 11 04:00:19 PST 2012


Pedro Sainz dabbles in rebuilding fuel pumps and has bought up all the kits
he finds.

On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 1:30 AM, Soren Jacobsen <snj at pobox.com> wrote:

> On Dec 10, 2012, at 8:56 AM, Brion Sabbatino <brionsab at msn.com> wrote:
>
> > While on the subject of mechanical fuel pumps. What are others using as
> replacements? The 1966 model year used an external check valve assembly.
> Then carburetor models from 1967 on used a fuel pump with a built in check
> valve.
> >
> > I replaced mine (was missing) with a modern version, which I believe has
> not a check valve.
> >
> > It worries me. Relying on the needle valves to prevent the flow of gas
> into the engine; with our heat  and while parked with the nose of the car
> uphill.
> >
> > Does anyone know the correct part number I should be looking for? They
> can be rebuilt? I have been looking for the correct part and part number
> for some time.
>
> Actually, 1965 was the last year of the external check valve.  And I don't
> know how much the valves do to fix it, but yes, the problem you're worried
> about is very real.  For a while I was regularly parking my daily driver 63
> Bug in a hilly area without giving it a second thought.  Once, parked nose
> up with a full tank of gas, I came to my car the next morning and found
> that it was hydrolocked.  When I turned the engine in reverse a bit, fuel
> began to drip out of the muffler.  Not a fun day.  Now I go out of my way
> to park on level surfaces, or at least nose down.
>
> The new style fuel pump came in 66, and the part number is 311 127 025A.
>  These pumps are pretty easy to come by (at least compared to the earlier
> ones), and yeah, they're rebuildable.  The part number for the rebuild kit
> is 311 198 555.  If you have trouble finding a rebuild kit (beware --
> although some parts are shared with T1s, the diaphragm assembly is
> T3-only), you might try contacting Ed Fall (http://www.vintagewerks.com/).
>  I don't see it listed on his website, but he was at one point providing a
> fuel pump diaphragm replacement service.
>
> Soren
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