Abe, One other thing to check is that your new pump "arm" is the same length as the one you took off.

 

Abe, good to see you are keeping busy,since retirement.

 

Hey, Bill. It is good to hear from you. Yes I am staying busy. I am doing some substitute teaching, as you can see I bought a 70 F-350 flatbed dump, and I am selling some old parts on ebay. When the weather breaks I will have stuff to do outside.

take care,
Abe

 

It's been a while since I last posted about my problem. I am going to post two updates today:

Last week when it was reasonable not too cold I put the new fuel pump back on after I primed it by pumping it manually while the intake hose was in the gas can. After it was on the truck I then put the intake hose into the gas can while my son cranked the truck. Gas came out the out hose.

Then I hooked it up to the gas line coming from the tank. My son cranked the truck and after a long while gas came out. My son had to go in and do some college course work so I hooked the out hose up to the hard line that goes to the carb and went in the house.

More later!

 

Update II
Today I was working on my 70 F350 and my son and his college friend had come back from a run so I had him crank the engine while I looked down into the carb to look for gas. I can not smell so I had to look for the gas. I told him to pump the pedal and lo and behold gas came into the carb!

It sounded like it wanted to start so my son said shall I pull the choke and try to start it? I said no, let me. I got the starting fluid. Told my son to spray a shot in the carb. So I jump in, cranked it a little bit more and it starts! First time since September!

I let it idle for a while. It idled nice and smooth. I had to get some bolts, nuts and washers at the hardware store so I drove the truck. The brakes were a little spongy and the bias ply had flat spots... It is not inspected but the hardware store is only like 6 blocks away. I let it idle while in the store, didn't want to risk it not starting!

It missed a little when I accelerated, but it was good to back behind the wheel. I shut it off after I backed it into the garage. I tried to start it and it popped right off! Later I went to start it again. This time while I stood outside the truck. It started with out the choke or my foot on the gas pedal! I think I have to set the timing and hopefully that should take care of the missing at higher rpms.

Thanks for all your help over these months! Here is what I did over the winter: rebuilt carb, took off fuel pump, pin in arm was out put, pump back on, bought new pump put that on, opened gas tank to examine pick up tube adn inside of tank, tried pumping gas from gas can, took pump off again, felt and examined the fuel pump eccentric.... and what I listed in the previous post. So initially, the pin in the arm was the problem I think. In Sept. it got gradually worse, I had to have the choke out to keep it idling. My old pump pumps manually. I do not know why the new pump did not pump when mounted in place? My best guess that I didn't have enough patience when I cranked it to allow gas to make it through the line... Also this is the first time I ran the truck with the electronic ignition.

Again thanks to all! And I gained an intimate relationship with my cam and fuel eccentric!

 

Good news, glad its running again. Just in time for spring!

 

That is fantastic news!!
I'm very glad that you got it up and running and were able to take a drive......and make it back home.

Bobby

 

Just wanted to say that this thread was a big help to me! I just brought home a 1948 F4 dually and was trying like heck to get the fuel pump off when I read in the first few posts of this thread that the pivot pin could be mis-aligned- that was the problem I had and it was preventing me from being able to get a socket on the nut on the left of the pump. A little persuading with a screw driver and the pump is off! Can't wait to try to start this old truck!