Do Any Fellow Member know of a Good Place to get a Dual Action Fuel Pump? I was going to Re-Build My Original, but when I removed it from the Engine It is So Corroded that I will use it as a core :TU: :3gears: :beer
Fuel Pump rebuild I just finished working for a fellow out here who taught me how to rebuild those dual action fuel pumps. You have a couple choices, buy an already rebuilt pump from a parts source like Bob's or Cars Inc., have yours rebuilt, or do it yourself. I can only quote prices my old boss charges, 70.00 for a rebuild on a single action pump, 95.00 on a dual action pump. He specializes in Packard pumps and probably wont have a Buick pump on the shelf. BTW a lot of those dual action pumps use the same diaphrams and valves, the only differences are where the inlet and outlets are, and the shape of the control arm. There is a guy over in South Weymouth Mass who has a rebuilding service for those pumps and his prices are comparable. Had his web page bookmarked but its gone now. Just punch in "fuel pump rebuilding" in your search engine and look for it. The web page is something like "The Parts Cellar" or something like that. I also found a place that has rebuilding kits for about 45.00. You would be surprised how some of those old pump cases will clean up on a wire wheel. They have to be pretty funky before they are not rebuildable. Let me know how you make out, and if you just want it rebuilt I will send you my old bosses address and phone number and you can talk direct to him about getting it done. Over a ten day period while he was out of town I disassembled about 400 fuel pumps for scrap aluminum value. What a pain!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :beer
Hey Thud 68, Thanks alot for the Information. I researched the Place in Weymouth Mass. It's called Now and Then. How did You hear about them in Arizona? The place seems like a pretty professional outfit. I live in Rhode Island and Weymouth is about 40 Miles from me. I will call and e-mail them. I wonder what their turn-around time is? Thank's a lot for the response :TU: :TU: :3gears: :beer Tom Gallagher
Anytime Tom, glad I could help. I found the site while doing some research for my ex boss. This guy in Weymouth won't sell kits to rebuild pumps but will rebuild your old one. Let me know how you make out. :bglasses:
Fuel pump question undefinedundefinedundefined Hi guys, I don't mean to jump in the middle of this conversation, but was wondering if one of you might be able to explain to me what the vacumn connection running to my fuel pump would be for? It's a 56 Century with the original 322 nailhead. The line is connected to a fitting directly in front of the carb running to the fuel pump. Thank you in advance. SoCalSkylark :beer
The Fitting You Inquired about , is to collect vacumn created from the intake manifold in combination with the vacumn of the d/a fuel pump. the vacumn operares the wipers as well as some heating issues Tom Galllagher
thank you Thank you Tom. I appreciate the information. I'm wondering, if this hose is disconnected and plugged at both the fuel pump end as well as the manifold end, will there be any adverse affect on the engine? Another question would be: from what I can determine, a total of 4 vacumn connections are evident on my engine: 1) fairly large connection behind the carb for power brake booster 2) advance vacumn on the base of the front of the carb; very small connection 3) a connection for the wipers from the underside of the fuel pump and 4) the aforementioned fitting from the fuel pump directly to the manifold. My engine is having a tough time idling - any thing else I should be looking for? ou:
Re: Vacumn on 322 Hey So Cal Skylark How You Doin? Three Things. The D/A fuel pump. Has it been recently rebuilt? Todays Moden Fuels just eat up the composition of the original diaphram compressed material which can cause leaks but in the fuel and vacumn.Another symptem can de caused by the Vacumn advance on the Distributor. Replace any/all old hoses/tubing. A lot of this stuff is carb related. Your working with a double-edged sword here. What type of carb do you have? What kind of Fuel Filter do You have. Does if run rough when you start it? does it smooth out after it gets hot? It could also be the Dash-Pot Plunger on the Drivers side. That also has a rubber membrane, if it is old and the rubber is brittle it will not work properly. Then there is the Choke. Does Your 322 have apipe that connects to the rear of the carb what is covered by an insulating cloth material? There is a lot of stuff to deal with. There are probably some more experienced nailheader out ther who could put their p finger on it, but if it was me I would replace a lot of the thinks I mentioned above, eliminating any other future problems. do it once, do it right, and yor puting in all new stuff at one time. Log all the stuff you are doing for future reference. ou: o No: Tom Gallagher
