fuel pump not connecting inside engine problem??

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Sep 28, 2008 | 08:28 PM

#31

52 F3

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From: N.W. Mo.

If your new coil is marked + & - and you have a + ground system connect the + to the dist and the - to the wire from the switch.

It will run hooked up either way.

Sep 28, 2008 | 08:29 PM

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Originally Posted by WALFORD'S 56

I installed the carter fuel pump--but now have no fuel still. I even ran a hose to a can of gas to see if anything was plugged. The p.o. is coming tomorrow with another 53. Maybe he can help. I read the manual last night and N.D. IS right--it runs off the cam lobe. I still have the electric fuel pump in case. I am getting a little tired of figuring 6 volt
On the coil, which wires go to pos and neg. when old coil says dist. and battery? Sounds stupid but I need to know if I hooked them up backwards.....thanks --Bill

Bill, it's time to hook up a 6 volt electric fuel pump. You wanna know why?

The cam lobe the fuel pump runs off of is worn.

This is a very common problem with 223 engines.

You can buy a fuel pump block off plate anywhere. The same one was used on: all the OHV I-6's, Y blocks, and damn near everything else except for 351C/351M and 400 engines.

I can't recall what wires go where. But we both know someone who does: Jon Myer = Myers Studebaker Parts, located in good 'ol Duncan Falls, OH.

Jon was a Ford line mechanic at Slick (yes, Slick) Ford in Venice, CA many moons ago.

Sep 29, 2008 | 09:16 AM

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WALFORD'S 56

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Thanks guys!! ole John Myers is a good buddy now,and have bought alot from him and his wife. I think the electric pump is going to get installed today and will let you know when she starts. The other 53 comes any minute now,and I feel like I am getting a brand new truck--haha!! but with 55 yrs of neglect...haha!! Bill