<VV> 1967 Corvair Monza fuel pump

Sun Jul 25 06:20:44 EDT 2010

 Well, GM did give us the Vega, the Olds diesel, V8-6-4, the Aztec, et al....

John Roberts

-----Original Message-----
From: Ron <ronh at owt.com>
To: Frank Ness <aircoolvair at yahoo.com>; virtualvairs at corvair.org
Sent: Sat, Jul 24, 2010 9:33 pm
Subject: Re: <VV> 1967 Corvair Monza fuel pump

There are always those who think they know a lot more than General Motors.

RonH

----- Original Message ----- 

From: "Frank Ness" <aircoolvair at yahoo.com>

To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>

Sent: Saturday, July 24, 2010 6:09 PM

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

> If being a Luddite is not fixing what isn't broke, then I be a Luddite. 

> Trouble is a  "Luddite" is a term describing those opposed to 

> industrialization etc. That include oh the Corvair. That being the case 

> why would you need any kind of fuel pump. All my Corvairs have mechanical 

> fuel pumps. Luddites unite!!

>

> Frank

>

>

> --- On Sat, 7/24/10, jimster1 <jimster1 at earthlink.net> wrote:

>

>> From: jimster1 <jimster1 at earthlink.net>

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

>> To: virtualvairs at corvair.org

>> Date: Saturday, July 24, 2010, 10:23 PM

>> 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

>>

>> -----Original Message-----

>> From: virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org

>> [mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org]

>> On Behalf Of shortle

>> Sent: Saturday, July 24, 2010 11:45 AM

>> To: jvhroberts at aol.com;

>> tony.underwood at cox.net;

>> virtualvairs at corvair.org

>> 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

>>

>>

>> -----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

>> >

>> >

>> >

>> >

>> > Late fuel pumps are better than early fuel pumps!!

>> >

>> >John Roberts

>> >

>> >

>> >

>> >

>> >-----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

>> >

>> >

>> >At 08:39 PM 7/23/2010, Charles Lee wrote:

>> >

>> >>I know this is the right pump, since it was running

>> fine, before

>> >

>> >>sitting a while.

>> >

>> >>

>> >

>> >>Now, runs OK and it leaks a bit but the seals and

>> surfaces look fine

>> >

>> >>- not cracked, pinched or anything.

>> >

>> >>

>> >

>> >>It would seem that the seals could be replaced for

>> less than $70 to

>> >

>> >>buy everything else as a package

>> >

>> >

>> >

>> >

>> >

>> >

>> >

>> >I bought a couple of fuel pump rebuild kits about 20

>> years ago at a

>> >

>> >show, paid 13 bucks each for them

>> iirc. Last time I ever saw a

>> >

>> >rebuild kit for a 'Vair pump.

>> >

>> >

>> >

>> >Since then I've overhauled several myself by making

>> gaskets and

>> >

>> >reworking the valve block, either replacing bad valves,

>> depending on

>> >

>> >the pump or replacing the whole block itself.

>> I rescued several

>> >

>> >valve blocks from bogus pumps I ran across... gaskets

>> and diaphragms

>> >

>> >were of course useless but the valve blocks were fine.

>> >

>> >

>> >

>> >I have another bogus pump behind me as I speak that's

>> likely gonna

>> >

>> >get overhauled with the correct stuff as

>> well. It's never been used

>> >

>> >and its gaskets are cracking just from sitting on the

>> shelf.

>> >

>> >

>> >

>> >

>> >

>> >tony..

>> >

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