Asad - there is less room between the fuel pump used on a generator-equipped VW and an alternator-equipped VW. So when VW introduced the alternator, they also made a shorter and squattier fuel pump with a shorter fuel pump pushrod so that you would not have any clearance issues.
I did prove one time though that you CAN run a generator style fuel pump on an alternator-equipped engine. I took a ball peen hammer and carefully dented the cap in. After some trial fits, it finally went in there but you had to remove the cap, install the pump, then put the cap on. So it's nice to know in an emergency that you could get away with it. Erin _______________________________________________ vintagvw site list [email protected] http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw
