I changed my fuel pump rod because it has worn too short, but it brings me back to a question I had when I brought Goldie home. The pervious owner had failed to install a new fuel pump properly.
When I brought her back to my shop I removed the fuel pump. The pump lever was bent sideway, to my surprise the rod was just sitting it the interior wall of the block. I couldn't figure out how it was loose when you have to remove it through the plug in the block.
I just figured out that he must have removed pump and the rod, and then reinstalled the plug. When he got around to installing the new fuel pump, at a later date, he forgot that it needed to go in through the plug and just installed it through the pump opening.
You can see the scrape on the rod when the cam probably launched the loose rod into the block, bending the fuel pump arm, and there it sat for 32 years.
Now I know the rest of the story
When I brought her back to my shop I removed the fuel pump. The pump lever was bent sideway, to my surprise the rod was just sitting it the interior wall of the block. I couldn't figure out how it was loose when you have to remove it through the plug in the block.
I just figured out that he must have removed pump and the rod, and then reinstalled the plug. When he got around to installing the new fuel pump, at a later date, he forgot that it needed to go in through the plug and just installed it through the pump opening.
You can see the scrape on the rod when the cam probably launched the loose rod into the block, bending the fuel pump arm, and there it sat for 32 years.
Now I know the rest of the story
