Re: Vacuum Wipers and Fuel Pump

[Matt Haas <mhaas@xxxxxxx>]

Mike,

It's pretty simple. There should be a nipple on the top of the vacuum 
section (it's supposed to be on the side nearest the engine). That gets 
connected to the side port on the vacuum wiper motor (the bottom one is a 
vent). On six cylinder cars, it's just a really long section of vacuum hose 
between the two. The threaded fitting on the pump should go to a manifold 
vacuum and should be a hard line. If you don't have the fittings, make sure 
that any you buy have a flare seat on them (they are double flared like a 
brake line). Kennedy American (http://www.kennedyamerican.com) lists a hard 
line set as does Fine Line (http://www.finelinesinc.com) if you don't have 
yours.

If the car had run any length of time with the vacuum section disconnected, 
you may find that the vacuum section of your fuel pump is bad. You can 
either buy a replacement pump or have yours rebuilt. Cost is about the same 
(having yours rebuilt is a little cheaper but buying one outright gets it 
to your door faster). I used Antique Auto Cellar (http://www.then-now.com/) 
to rebuild the fuel pump in my 67 American last summer. Another 
consideration when deciding which way to go is your intentions with the 
car. Fuel pumps are date coded so if you're trying to do a bone stock 
restoration, having the pump that came with your car is a plus.

Once you get it hooked up correctly, your TSM has the testing procedure in 
it if you run into problems.

Matt

At 07:45 AM 2/1/2006 -0800, you wrote:

> For a 1969 343 AMX:  Need a diagram showing where the fuel pump vacuum 
> leads go to.  Anybody have that?
>
> Mike Bocklund
>
> Santa Rosa

mhaas@xxxxxxx
Cincinnati, OH
http://www.mattsoldcars.com
1967 Rambler American wagon
1968 Rambler American sedan
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