Leaky Mechanical Fuel Pump Fix

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Leaky Mechanical Fuel Pump Fix

Post by bbodie52 »

I saw this on Facebook, and thought it was worthy of a reprint here on the Forum...
Charles Lee wrote:Not sure if anyone else has already done this?

I was tired of the fuel pump bolts stripping the softer aluminum base, so I replaced them with 50 mm bolts threaded all the way though with lock nut on the other end to "clamp" the pump between them.

45 mm bolts would work, but 50 was all I could find, so I'll just cut off the extra 5 mm.

I did kind of the same thing on the oil pan bolts, since they thread into aluminum also.
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Charles Lee wrote:This happened even with a new fuel pump -
This one was particularly bad but was replaced quickly, but prompted a different approach?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIC7XmPFriw
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Re: Leaky Mechanical Fuel Pump Fix

Post by notched »

That has been suggested many many many times. I know I have posted that fix several times but using the correct standard thread size via extra long bolts and lock nuts purchased from McMaster Carr.
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