hey guys i've just bought a secondhand fuel pump from a wreckers. i got it home and the leaver only moves about a mill mabye half a mill. how much is the leaver supposed to move. i know it's supposed to move coz the workshop manual says it should. i don't wanna fit it and find out it's no good.
It should be move a lot more then that but thay do have a mighty stiff spring so how are you trying to test its movement?
ive tried to push it with me hand, putiton a bench and put me body weight into it even tried hitting it with a rubber mallet
Well given what you've said im tipping its defective. You can move them by hand if your on the stronger side but to withstand body weight don't sound right to meOriginally Posted by dirty_dog
Last edited by patch697; 30th September 2011 at 12:11 AM.
nah it's all good man i installed it this morning and it's working good. maybe i'm just weak. ha ha
patch697 (30th September 2011)
Good stuff mate........ They do have one hell of a stiff spring for some reason so it was obviously foolen with ya................hahahahaha
yeah man and after all that i'm missing the power cable for the solanoid valve that shuts off the fuel supply when i'm running it on gas. will it never end.
Thats not a hard one to sort out.....
Let us know if you get stuck, im sure we can help you get that sorted.
it could also have just been the spring over extended the arm and semi jammed it so you couldnt move it but once in place with engine power behind it it unstuck.
biggest thing is to make sure you run it on petrol every so often, seems the patrol i bought had a dead one because they never ran it on anything but gas
The mechanical fuel pump on my GQ is leaking engine oil so I bought a new one to replace it with.
It came with a new gasket as well but the gasket feels kinda hard so do I need to put some silicone around it? Also, does the gasket only go one way? It looks like it can go either way but it came with a disclaimer that said warranty is void if gasket is not fitted properly so I'm just a bit cautious.
Any advice appreciated.
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