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Jul 22, 2010 | 12:23 PM

lifted77f250

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fuel pump install

Can a fuel pump be installed incorrectly? I can not get the pump to pump fuel. Will the pump actually bolt up, but not line up with the eccentric?

Before I buy another pump, I want to find out if I installed it incorrectly.

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Jul 22, 2010 | 12:47 PM

Rockstone

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You just have to make sure the rod goes under the eccentric. Won't work if it's on top. There are a lot of bad off brand fuel pumps out there.

Jul 22, 2010 | 12:50 PM

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Also, check to make sure the fuel inlet and outlet to the carb are hooked-up correctly on the fuel pump. I've seen this mistake before.

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Jul 22, 2010 | 01:12 PM

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Also some of the pump arms on house brand aftermarket pumps aren't always the right style. So compare the old one to the new and look it over good.

Jul 24, 2010 | 07:30 PM

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Fuel pumps are a bear to get in place properly. Try to get the eccentric at the high position for the pump arm to lessen the force required to start the mounting bolts. Sometimes the inlet and outlet ports are marked. If not you can do a best guess and see what happens. Put a finger over the carb line to feel if there is pressue. I have done all those things then returned the pump.

Jul 24, 2010 | 10:25 PM

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I've had to actually turn my engine by hand on the crank bolt just to lessen the amount of pressure on the arm just to get the darn thing pushed up in place to bolt in. The stock replacement pumps are the hardest to get to the bolts especially the most rear one. I'm running a Carter model 9630 I believe that's a little easier to bolt up.

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Jul 26, 2010 | 06:59 AM

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It turns out the fuel line from the tank to the pump had a kink that wasn't easy to find at first. After taking the pump off and looking it over, I decided to blow air through the line. It was appearant the line was plugged somewhere when pressure built up and blew back out at me.

The line is fixed and fuel is flowing.

Thanks for the replies.