<VV> 1967 Corvair Monza fuel pump

[shortle]

And electric fuel pumps will NOT fill your crankcase with gasoline.
Timothy Shortle in Durango Colorado
Experienced in the early '80s with a very full crankcase of oil + gas


-----Original Message-----
>From: jvhroberts at aol.com
>Sent: Jul 24, 2010 12:02 PM
>To: tony.underwood at cox.net, virtualvairs at corvair.org
>Subject: Re: <VV> 1967 Corvair Monza fuel pump
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> Late fuel pumps are better than early fuel pumps!! 
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>John Roberts
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Tony Underwood <tony.underwood at cox.net>
>To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
>Sent: Sat, Jul 24, 2010 10:18 am
>Subject: Re: <VV> 1967 Corvair Monza fuel pump
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>At 08:39 PM 7/23/2010, Charles Lee wrote:
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>>I know this is the right pump, since it was running fine, before 
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>>sitting a while.
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>>Now, runs OK and it leaks a bit but the seals and surfaces look fine 
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>>- not cracked, pinched or anything.
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>>It would seem that the seals could be replaced for less than $70 to 
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>>buy everything else as a package
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>I bought a couple of fuel pump rebuild kits about 20 years ago at a 
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>show, paid 13 bucks each for them iirc.   Last time I ever saw a 
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>rebuild kit for a 'Vair pump.
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>Since then I've overhauled several myself by making gaskets and 
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>reworking the valve block, either replacing bad valves, depending on 
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>the pump or replacing the whole block itself.    I rescued several 
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>valve blocks from bogus pumps I ran across... gaskets and diaphragms 
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>were of course useless but the valve blocks were fine.
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>I have another bogus pump behind me as I speak that's likely gonna 
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>get overhauled with the correct stuff as well.   It's never been used 
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>and its gaskets are cracking just from sitting on the shelf.
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>tony.. 
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