Re: refitting fuel pump to 38 Twelve

Posted by Peter Packard On 2015/12/16 1:23:53

Yes. Very sad that Classic and exotic are out of stock. We heated the arm to cherry red and bent cautiously and conservatively ( with suitable coolant soaked rags to prevent frying the internals of the pump). It went well but we needed to put another adjustment onto the arm and it simply fell off when it got to glowing the second time. It was nowhere near cherry. I am not aware of the arm material characteristics but it must be a very high carbon steel to have reacted so strongly to a hot bend. I have bypassed the mechanical fuel pump and installed a second electric fuel pump as a back-up. I shall surf the internet and my friends. Flackmaster is on the scent and his gift for sourcing unobtainium is legendary....try keeping up with him at Hershey! Best Regards, Peter Toet.