<VV> 1967 Corvair Monza fuel pump

[jimster1]

Amen, all of this yack about leaking fuel pumps kind of validates the
electric fuel pump.  I'd say that a pump dribbling fuel into the engine
compartment is inherently more dangerous than ANY perceived problem stemming
from a crash, to say nothing about filling your crankcase with gas and
diluting to oil to the point of engine failure.  But if the Luddites wish to
continue wax romantic about the virtues of mechanical pumps, I guess there
is nothing the enlightened can do about it.
Jim

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Subject: Re: <VV> 1967 Corvair Monza fuel pump

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


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>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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