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Fuel Pump failure

FM Former Member
In a General thread called "Heat Shield" I mentioned that my original Brosol fuel pump failed (nearly 2 years old), leaving me disabled on the way to work one day. Dave put in a new Carter unit right there on Vandy campus. It lasted one week and left me again disabled, except this time right on Broadway, although I was able to coast onto the sidewalk! Dave took it out and gave the diagnosis. My diaphragm is shot, he said. Oh, my, I said!

Well, anyway, as a quick fix, we found another Brosol like the original and Dave installed it on the street. This is just until I can have an electronic one put on, btw.

I found out later that day that Carter has recently been having QA issues with their fuel pumps. Anyone else know about that?

Also, which electronic pump is good? Does it require some kind of splice into the wiring harness (remember, I'm not Angela)? I'm wondering how much installation might be. v v
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FM Former Member
In a General thread called "Heat Shield" I mentioned that my original Brosol fuel pump failed (nearly 2 years old), leaving me disabled on the way to work one day. Dave put in a new Carter unit right there on Vandy campus. It lasted one week and left me again disabled, except this time right on Broadway, although I was able to coast onto the sidewalk! Dave took it out and gave the diagnosis. My diaphragm is shot, he said. Oh, my, I said!

Well, anyway, as a quick fix, we found another Brosol like the original and Dave installed it on the street. This is just until I can have an electronic one put on, btw.

I found out later that day that Carter has recently been having QA issues with their fuel pumps. Anyone else know about that?

Also, which electronic pump is good? Does it require some kind of splice into the wiring harness (remember, I'm not Angela)? I'm wondering how much installation might be. v v
FM Former Member
CB Performance sells a nice unit:

http://www.cbperformance.com/catalog.asp?ProductID=577

I have used something like it for a few years - just fine.

Wiring will have to be run from the pump to the fuse box. I think this pump is a pusher and not a sucker - meaning it should be mounted in the front. I removed my tank to get it in.

I estimate a couple of hours work.

I also had to install a pressure regulator because the fule pressure coming out of my pump was higher than the 3.5psi required for the webers. The CB one above is internally regulated for 3.5, so it should be fine without.

Mike
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Vicki,

I alerted Pat (CB) to the Carter problem a few weeks ago. I had two that lasted less then a week. I mentioned one in your heat shield thread, and had another fail shortly after. Fortunately both died during my test drive/break-in and not with the customer! Same problem you had, bad diaphram.

The rotary pump mentioned above is very nice, and not hard to install at all. You can run the power wire along side the main harness where it passes through the front "firewall", next to the speedo cable.
CB now sells two versions of that same pump. One, as mentioned, is 3.5 and doesn't need a regulator. The other is a 5.5 and would need a regulator, so be sure you tell them you want the 3.5

If you want to stick with a mechanical pump for now, I have a bunch of NOS Brosol pumps.

Carey
FM Former Member
Autozone sells an internally regulated rotary pump that should be mounted up front by the gas tank. It also uses a Ford type screw in pre-filter. I think it was 35 bucks. It's been fine for 2000 miles and over a year running. I bought it because just about every store has one in stock at all times. Think about it....... I think the stock # is 03001 0r 3001 with a letter prefix. Just tell the counterperson you want an electric pump for a '67 Bug, it's in the computer, believe it or not.
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