[NoVa-Corvairs] RE: 61' Steering Box

[Puglisi, Michael]

I'll replace all those rubber fuel lines and see if that helps.  

Has anyone had problems with the strainer in the gas tank getting
clogged and causing this type of problem?  I think I cleaned my the gunk
out of my tank about as well as can be done with the tank still on the
car, but its likely some remained.  I've probably run about 10 gallons
through the system since I cleaned the tank. I've had no problem until
now.

Thanks for the info on the pump push rods.  Has anyone done the swap
that Bryan mentioned?  

Does anyone have one of the electric pumps?

Mike  

-----Original Message-----
From: novacc-list-bounces at corvair.org
[mailto:novacc-list-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of Bryan Blackwell
Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2006 11:26 AM
To: Northern Va Corvair Club
Subject: Re: [NoVa-Corvairs] RE: 61' Steering Box

Before you replace the pump, have you replaced the fuel hose that 
connects the engine hard line to the body line?  You should also 
replace the one from the tank to the body line, although this one will 
usually show fuel if there's a leak.  Leaks in these hoses will allow 
the pump to suck air instead of fuel.

Regarding the pumps, the push rod is different on '62 and later.  I'm 
pretty sure you can just swap the later rod onto your engine and use 
the late pump.

--Bryan

On Jul 5, 2006, at 11:01 AM, Puglisi, Michael wrote:

> Assuming it is the fuel pump, or at least that it makes sense to
change
> the 45 year old fuel pump in any case, I checked Clark's.  They don't
> sell a normal, mechanical fuel pump for '60s or '61s - only for '62s 
> and
> newer.  I'm not sure why.  I was going to call them to ask what is the
> difference between the different model years.  Anybody know why that 
> is?
> They do sell an electric fuel pump for all years so I guess that's an
> option.  What do you all think of those?

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