[T3] Fuel pump rod

[Keith Park]

Ya know, I have a couple kits but BOY Id never use those old
Decrepid diaphragms anyway!  That rubber doesn't hold up well with 40 years
age and then add gas....

Ive remade the diaphragm in the Notch with the material I got from Russ,
which BTW I have a good amount of now since Marilyn gave me at the last
invasion.  PM me off list and with a SASE Ill send a piece if you need it 
For the Rebuild, the one in the Notch has been in there for about 10 years
now with no problems.

Keith


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From: type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org
[mailto:type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org] On Behalf Of Mike
Fisher
Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2012 7:00 AM
To: type3 at vwtype3.org
Subject: Re: [T3] Fuel pump rod

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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