Re: [AMC-list] Fuel pump question

[tom jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>]

yeah, what joe sez. pull the hoses off it, run the engine, stick your finger
over each port. one should suck your finger to it, hard. if neither does
pump is bust. if one does, that goes to the wipers, the other to the
manifold.

unless the hoses are new they are certainly all bad and leaky.



On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 12:53, Joe Fulton <piper_pa20@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> If you look closely at the vacuum pump part of the fuel pump you'll see
> "inlet"
> or "in" and "outlet" or "out" of something similar on the two ports.   You
> want
> the inlet side of the vacuum pump connected to the wiper motor.  You can
> verify
> that it is creating suction by using a vacuum gauge or even just unplugging
> the
> line at the pump or the motor and verifying that there is good suction.
> The
> wiper motors fail with age due to dried grease in the mechanism and flapper
> diaphragms which age and do not seal to the motor case.  They can be
> rebuilt.
>
> Joe Fulton
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: mike & sharyn klepp <mask1966@xxxxxxx>
> To: amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Wed, May 4, 2011 12:42:31 PM
> Subject: [AMC-list] Fuel pump question
>
>
> I am having a problem with the wipers on my '62 Classic; they don't work!
> They
> move slightly when turned on, but lack enough strength to move the blades
> more
> than a few inches. I am assuming I need to pull the heater box and rebuild
> the
> vacuum motor, but before I do that I thought I would check the obvious. The
> vacuum lines look good, but I have a question about the hook-up of the
> vacuum
> booster fuel pump.
>
>
>           Which fuel pump port should be connected to the manifold and
> which to
> the wiper motor?
>
>
> When I look down at the top of my fuel pump, the line from the manifold
> connects
> to the port on the passenger side of the pump while the wiper motor hose is
> connected to the port on the drivers side. They cross over each other,
> which
> doesn't really make sense to me.
>
>
>           Is mine hooked up like yours or is it backwards?
>
> FYI, I have the 196 cast iron engine. If some members with similiar cars
> could
> look at their set up and conform my set up I will be a happy guy. Thanks in
> advance.
>
> Mike Klepp
>
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