Erin,
Thanks a million for this 'little' piece of info about the fuel pump. I
never knew (or heard even from gurus) that we can encounter this issue with an
alt conversion.
I practically saw this in action when I went to see a 70 bug with a friend
which had an alt and the earlier fuel pumpwhich was really squeezed in. Even
the alt body was scratched! The pump was the rebuildable type and made in
Brazil.
Best regards,
Asad.> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected]> Date: Sat, 29 Mar
2008 08:28:23 -0500> Subject: Re: [vintagvw] Starting probs in my 68 bug.> >
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 > >
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