<VV> Fuel pump advice

[Ken Clark]

I've been let down twice with mechanical pumps, so need to carry spare pump when traveling and wrenches to change it.  (I now have electric on both my Corvairs)  Ken
 
> Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2010 19:24:36 -0700
> From: 62vair at gmail.com
> To: corvairs at pacifier.com
> CC: virtualvairs at corvair.org; akacube at aol.com
> Subject: Re: <VV> Fuel pump advice
> 
> I've put 180K miles on the mechanicl pump on the two corvairs I have owned.
> I think I replaced a pump once because I could not get it to stop leaking
> externally (but that was after 80 to 90K miles).
> 
> Mark Durham
> 
> On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 3:04 PM, <corvairs at pacifier.com> wrote:
> 
> > Folks, Let's look at this a bit....>
> > >
> > > Hello all corvairians!
> > > I would like your opinions on a mechanical fuel pump vs an
> > > electric one. I do not know if I should change to an electric or
> > > stay with the mechanical one.
> >
> >
> > I have had no
> > > problems with the mechanical one that is in my 65 Monza,
> >
> >
> > but I
> > > have read that there was a problem with ones that had been
> > > ordered and the new ones had bad diaphragms.
> > > Abe
> > >
> >
> > Abe, Read this
> > https://secure.www.pacifier.com/corvairunderground.com/fuelpump.htm
> >
> > Lon Wall
> >
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