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[Anonymous]

Well, tonight was a bummer. I went to start the ol' Mav and no start. I'm thinking what now. I pulled the coil wire and turned the key, yep spark. Then I pulled a random pulg wire and yep spark. So now I'm looking at fuel. I pulled the air cleaner and pushed the throttle linkage. A little fuel squirted into the carb. Then I looked at the clear, "see through", fuel filter, and no fuel. I pulled the fuel line at the carb turned the key and no fuel pressure. The pisser here is, I replaced the fuel pump about 3 months ago. Now, I'm thinking of going with an electric fuel pump. Any suggestions?
Thanks, Ken

 

[addo]

Definitely not pulling air through a cracked fuel line (hard or flex)?

A return style regulator is very good practice. Also choose a pump that realistically reflects duty requirements of the motor. If the pumping action is "blocked" by a closed regulator too much, you'll damage the pump motor...

Most electric pumps are the vane type. Some are electric diaphragm versions of the mechanical one; these are much less common and tend to be dearer. However they endure nicely because they don't fight the pressure buildup like a rotary vane type.

You'll probably spend more on the regulator, than on a rotary vane pump.

 

[fordconvert]

There was a thread here not too long ago dealing with electric pumps that had some part numbers and such but I couldnt find it, it must have started out as something else and drifted off topic a bit. Anyone remember it?

 

[Anonymous]

there are a couple of us on here running $30 mr. gasket electric pumps... seems to work great

 

[61bluebird]

chech your rubber line at the tank where it joins with the steel line running to the pump had that problem one time

 

[fordconvert]

64falcon200 jumpstarted the old memory banks and here is the thread:
http://fordsix.com/forum/viewtopic.php? ... =mr+gasket

 

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the information. I replaced my 3 month old pump with an old, who knows how old it is, mechanical pump. Started up after priming. I went to Napa and bought a new Carter mechanical pump. Tomorrow, I'll change the old pump out and put it in the trunk for a spare, and put the new pump on the engine. What a great engine. EASY to work on. I do have one question about using the regulator. If an electric pump is used before the mechanical pump, wouldn't the mechanical pump work as a regulator? I am going to install a pusher pump in the near future.
Thanks again,
Ken

 

[addo]

The poppet valves in the factory type mechanical pump, don't really control pressure - just flow. Long as the carb's needle and float is sufficently "strong" to resist whatever pressure is presented to it, then the bypass in an electric pump will just kick in.

 

[Anonymous]

Thanks Addo. I will add a regulator.
Ken