[FC] Re: <VV> Second Bent Fuel Pump Pushrod!

[Ron]

Ground and case hardened?
RonH

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Merv Krull and or Loretta Prosser" <krupross at sunwave.net>
To: "The Corvanatics list" <corvanatics at corvair.org>
Sent: Sunday, June 05, 2005 5:10 PM
Subject: Re: [FC] Re: <VV> Second Bent Fuel Pump Pushrod!


> Do you have a metal fabrication shop nearby? Or a High School with a 
> machine shop? They could probably make one in ten minutes or less....???
> good luck!
> Merv Krull
> Salmon Arm, BC
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Greenbrier Goon" <greenbriergoon at yahoo.com>
> To: "The Corvanatics list" <corvanatics at corvair.org>; "VV" 
> <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> Sent: Friday, June 03, 2005 10:06 PM
> Subject: Re: [FC] Re: <VV> Second Bent Fuel Pump Pushrod!
>
>
>>I don't have the equipment to measure how bent the pushrod is, but bent is 
>>bent.  It binds up as I try to push it down the alternator/filter mount. 
>>I put it in a power drill and I could see the wobble.
>>
>> I think the big frustration is the amount of time wasted by these petty 
>> parts problems. Every part I buy has to be done mail-order since there 
>> are no Corvair vendors near me. One little problem can keep my van off 
>> the road for weeks.
>>
>> When I rebuilt the engine, suspension, brakes, electrical etc for this 
>> van back in the '90's, I took my time and did it right.  Three years 
>> passed between the day I bought it and the day I drove it out on the road 
>> for the first time.  I just don't have that kind of time now.  I'm trying 
>> to move away from this town next month and this is just another hurtle to 
>> get over.
>>
>> I've been into the air-cooled VW scene for more than 20 years and have 
>> always lived near a VW parts shop.  If I get a problem part I can go back 
>> to the place the same day and settle the problem.  It's rare that I get a 
>> defective part for my Volkswagen.
>>
>> Okay.  I'm venting because I'm pissed off.  I'm sure I'll calm down in a 
>> few days and get back to getting everything working on my van.
>>
>> Charles
>>
>>
>>
>> Joe West <joew at diveaz.com> wrote:
>> Charles,
>>
>> How many thousandth's out are these rods? Did you check it before you
>> installed it or did you discover it was bent after you installed it?
>>
>> As far as stepping back from Corvairs because of two bent fuel pump push
>> rods and a problem with a pilot bushing... dude... you should be 
>> purchasing
>> new cars if issues like these cause you grief. These cars are over 40 
>> years
>> old... and your issues are not over yet NOR are they likely to be.
>>
>>
>>
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