I guess. I didn’t bother trying to verify the specs. The guy Jaime knew that has done this is a well known and trusted vintage Mercedes guy, so that was good enough for me.
-D > On Mar 17, 2019, at 11:48 AM, Dimitri <dsereta...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Wow that’s excellent! So this pump happens to have the similar output volume > and pressure as original? > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Mar 17, 2019, at 10:14 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> Just finished up my fuel pump replacement. Here’s the deal: >> >> Jaime was kind enough to refer me to a text he had seen from Pieter Van >> Rossum, a W113 guy, where he had replaced the stock “tall” fuel pump with a >> generic Carter pump. >> >> I got a Carter pump the same day from the Island of Large Wimmen for >> $102.00. A pittance compared to the minimum of $700 or so in the market for >> rebuilt or used stock fuel pumps. I spent a fair amount of time yesterday >> adapting the mounting and getting the lines and fittings set up. They >> actually worked out well, as you’ll see. It was also a good opportunity to >> replace all of the old hoses at the tank and pump while I was there. Not >> fun, but not too bad of a job despite how much I hate working around >> gasoline. >> >> Since I had the instrument cluster out of the car for the dash pad >> replacement, I couldn’t start the engine yesterday as the oil pressure gauge >> and capillary tube for the coolant temperature gauge were both disconnected. >> I did turn everything on last night and it ran and made pressure, no leaks. >> Loud compared to the stock pump, but hey, for $100 I’ll live with it. >> >> Got the gauges connected this morning and fired it up. Success! I haven’t >> taken the car on the road yet, but I suspect it should be fine. More as I >> know it. >> >> As icing on the cake, as I was collecting all the parts together for the old >> pump I found the bulk of the “missing” brush spring. I might be able to >> reuse it after bending a new end on the remains of the spring. Woo-hoo! >> >> Here’s a link to a lousy cell phone photo. The return line is hanging in the >> foreground with a hose clamp on it: >> >> http://penoff.com/photo_dump.html#0 >> >> Carter P4601HP inline electric pump - $102.00 >> 2” PVC rubber coupling - $4.00 >> 3 - Corner braces - $4.00 >> 6 - M5 nuts, washers - $2.00 >> Miscellaneous hose, clamps, crimp connectors, etc - stock >> >> I’ll have a far more detailed update in my blog probably tonight. I gotta >> get back to finishing up the dash…. >> >> -D >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
