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01-09-2019, 07:50 PM | #1 |
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Rebuilt fuel pumps 59A
Buying a new fuel pump,where's a good source. Anyone on here rebuilding them? Thanks
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01-09-2019, 08:35 PM | #2 |
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Re: Rebuilt fuel pumps 59A
you send your old one to this guy. dont buy a new one, they are junk https://www.fordbarn.com/forum/showthread.php?t=257272
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01-09-2019, 08:42 PM | #3 |
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Re: Rebuilt fuel pumps 59A
X2!
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01-09-2019, 11:10 PM | #4 |
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Re: Rebuilt fuel pumps 59A
just for entertainment, heres the story of my bob drake pump. got it on sale, and yes it was in stock! so, i put my shiny new pump on, and it leaks around the top of the glass bowl. not a big deal, tighten it up. still leaks. take it apart, gasket is ok, all is new and clean so put it back on and tighten some more. next, the thumb screw shaft breaks off at the slot where it goes on the bale. close exam shows that the chinese screw is the same size shaft where the slot is cut for the bale. a ford shaft gets bigger there so when you cut the slot in to fit the bale, there is still some meat left so the little tangs to slide on the bale have some strength. it would have helped if they got the shaft centered in the machine that cut the shaft, but they did not, so one side was very thin and broke with very little violence. so, i'm a cool guy with lots of junk to the envy of every one but my wife, out to the barn to get a bale off an old dirty pump. so i put that on...still leaks. wiggling around i discover the glass bowl is not round. some places seem to almost fit, some not so good. wiggle some more, find the right spot and tighten it down, still leaks. now trying to get it off, i break the glass so, out to the barn again, get a dirty old varnish stained bowl, clean it up, it doesnt fit!!! now if you have fooled around with a variety of old stuff you will know there is only a couple sizes of these bowls and you can take one off your 30 chevy and put it on your 50 international tractor, and use it again on something else, if you get my point. so, bob made his a little smaller. i ended up carving some of the casting irregularities from the housing, then took a bowl on a belt sander to skin off enough to fit. about 3 hours gone by, but i had a new fuel pump!!..so far its still working---use ford parts when possible...skip
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01-10-2019, 08:31 AM | #5 |
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Re: Rebuilt fuel pumps 59A
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Then you 'rebuild' your new pump with the springs out of your old pump . . . then you finally give up and have Charlie NY rebuild an old one with new diaphragm materials that will take the modern fuel concoctions! Ask me just HOW I know all these things! LOL |
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