The Ford Barn

bwaii64 · 01-06-2017, 05:22 AM

As for the pump "passion". (And maybe I'm pulling a night-crawler out of this can of worms) But what is the purpose of spring loading the pump gear in the valve cavity? I wondered if for some reason they wanted to pump to "float" between two springs. Is it just a way to hold it instead of a bolt? Seems an expensive and complicated way. I thought it might be pressure relief, but it can't rise because of the distributor shaft.

The pressure relief by pump spring seems like a valid explanation - and maybe it was intended that way - but it looks to me like to shoulder is longer than either the pin or the slot. I would think that before you got relief either the pin would disengage allowing the body to spin or the slot would disengage and it would stop spinning.

01-06-2017, 05:22 AM	#23
bwaii64 Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2016 Location: NE Brazil Posts: 24	Re: Don"t touch that bolt As for the pump "passion". (And maybe I'm pulling a night-crawler out of this can of worms) But what is the purpose of spring loading the pump gear in the valve cavity? I wondered if for some reason they wanted to pump to "float" between two springs. Is it just a way to hold it instead of a bolt? Seems an expensive and complicated way. I thought it might be pressure relief, but it can't rise because of the distributor shaft. The pressure relief by pump spring seems like a valid explanation - and maybe it was intended that way - but it looks to me like to shoulder is longer than either the pin or the slot. I would think that before you got relief either the pin would disengage allowing the body to spin or the slot would disengage and it would stop spinning.