Re: Sudden Engine Cutout During Warm-up??

Posted by Carl Madsen On 2009/7/10 11:14:29

Rebuilding a fuel pump can be a little frustrating, so be prepared for that. Arthur Goulds rebuilds fuel pumps also.

I put a rebuild kit in mine, I could only replace the 2 fuel check valves, the 2 vacuum check valves were stamped into the pump and I would have to had to grind them out. They seemed to be in good operation so I left them.

Take good pictures, and a lot of them, during the tear down of the fuel pump. I had to grind away one side of a pin that held the rocker and kick it out with a center punch. The square pins that moved the fuel diaphragm and the vacuum diaphragm were hard to line up during reassembly, the manual gives good information but not quite enough. I say I did that reassembly 12 times before I got it right.

The fuel pump kit came with many things I didn't use. The brass fuel screen they sent did not include the little brass frame the original had, so I reused the old one.

BigKev's slide show was for a different brand fuel pump than mine. Like he says many things are the same but not quite everything.

On mine the casting on the fuel side that held the bowl bolt was broken, so I had to go with a longer bolt for the bowl with more threads. I actually used a spare 3/8-16 stud (course one side, fine thread the other) instead. I think a bolt with a head would be better.

Here's my pictures:https://packardinfo.com/xoops/html/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=2092&post_id=32707#forumpost32707