<VV> Fuel Pump?

[Chris C]

It stopped working, no gas coming from it with long cranking.  Took it 
off and hand actuated it.  No pumping noise.  Being a curious bugger I 
took it apart, and when I re-assembled it to put it away for the day the 
rebuild kit is cheaper than a new pump, I tried it again, and now it 
made pumping noise.  Put it back on the car, and it worked for the 
remainder of that season, all winter to start the car, and weather 
permitting this season.
Previous to it acting up I had similar symptoms of a snow man car (no 
balls).

Overtimed, to far advanced timing.  Would have tried these things if I 
were in the garage again.  darn day job, limped it home yesterday and 
after kid stuff and wife stuff, just too late to be that noisy in the 
garage.

Ron wrote:
> Don't know what you mean by "overtimed" but it only takes a minute to 
> check the timing with your timing light, do it and stop speculating.  
> Check your fuel pump also using the pressure side of a common vacuum 
> gauge.  2 to 3 psi is all a Corvair needs and if you have that, forget 
> the fuel pump.  If you have a good fuel pump, it should last for 
> years.  Why did the pump stop and then start?  You didn't give us the 
> whole story.
> RonH
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris C" <ricorvair at cox.net>
> To: "VirtualVairs AA" <VirtualVairs at corvair.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2007 7:13 AM
> Subject: <VV> Fuel Pump?
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>> My 65 was running nice.  Now it will start fine, and run, but when I 
>> hit the gas it bogs down.  Like it is either not getting gas, or has 
>> passed is over timed. Recently the pump stopped working, I removed 
>> it, and in testing it got it to start working pumping again (it did 
>> not initially).
>>
>> Was considering disabling the vacume advance and seeing if it is 
>> going overtimed.  But since it was was working correctly before, I am 
>> leaning tward a fuel issue.  Will also replace my inline fuel filter.
>>
>> Anything else to test.  Anybody have a pile of good fuel pumps they 
>> want to sell.
>>
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