54 fuel pump for 223 6 cylinder
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54 fuel pump for 223 6 cylinder
I have a 54 with a 6 which has an electric fuel pump. I'd like to replace it with a mechanical pump. I've had the truck for 35 years and about every 8 or 9 years the electric fuel pump fails. I just failed again last week. I got an airtex 9887 mechanical pump but the lever seems to long and I can't mount it to the block. It looks just like the pump in the shop manual. Is it possible that I need to buy the pump for the 55 instead? Airtex does make one for the 55 and the lever is straight instead of curved and looks shorter.
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This subject has come up here before but I can't find it doing a search. Several fuel pumps were used from 54-64......since you don't have the original, you may have to keep trying them till one fits.
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Carter makes a mechanical pump for those. Sold at NAPA and O'rielly auto parts.
I use mechanical on my '54 which I was replacing about every 2-3 years due to the check valves inside the pump fall out of position. I started taking them apart when they sopped working and reinstalled the check valves so they do not drop out of position. I no longer have pump failure.
I will be adding an electric to help with vapor locking.
I use mechanical on my '54 which I was replacing about every 2-3 years due to the check valves inside the pump fall out of position. I started taking them apart when they sopped working and reinstalled the check valves so they do not drop out of position. I no longer have pump failure.
I will be adding an electric to help with vapor locking.
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Thank you. I checked NAPA and it's the same one I already tried. I think I'll try the pump for a 55. Although is sounds like the electric might be more dependable than the mechanical. The original mechanical pump lasted 23 years though.
I curious why the pump for the 55 would be different when the engine is the same.
I curious why the pump for the 55 would be different when the engine is the same.
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1948/56 Ford Truck lists two different 215/223 pumps for 1952/54, two different 223 pumps for 1955/56.
The 1955/56 223 pumps part numbers were updated in the 1957/63 Ford Truck catalog, these same two 223 pumps are listed in the 1964/72 Ford Truck catalog.
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The NAPA parts book. Obviously not the same as a factory book, sometimes its all we have.
My '54 takes a diff one than my '63 and '64.
My '54 takes a diff one than my '63 and '64.
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I had always thought, perhaps incorrectly, that the 2 different pumps referenced above for different years had to do with whether they were strictly fuel pumps or combination fuel/vacuum pumps, the mounting
specs were the same.
specs were the same.
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Correct, that is the difference between the pumps, but 1952/54 215/223 is different than 1955/64 223.
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My 54 has a mechanical fuel pump, however not being used. The PO installed an electric pump that is working fine now. I am thinking of going back to using the original mechanical pump and eliminate the electric pump but I am not sure if the one that is on the engine is operational. The engine is not the original one so I guess I would have to take this pump off and see if I could get one to match up. (If you are using an electric pump you should also have a oil pressure safety switch installed.) I can see about getting some numbers off my pump since it is probably newer than the 54 version. It might help you find one that fits.
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