Hornets in South Bend, replacing a manual fuel pump with an electric one.

[Justin Shelton <justinshelton@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have seen a really nice brown 4-door Hornet driving
around South Bend, IN, with a for sale sign in it.  I
do not know what year it is.  Is the owner of that car
on this list???  I will try to follow the car home if
I see it out again.  A local yard has a nice Hornet
with a 304 in it, the whole car looks really complete
so I'll try to get pics and post them.  Happy to grab
parts if anyone's interested.

I've also seen a real nice red Gremlin driving near my
house north of S. Bend lately.  Not for sale, but I'm
excited to know that there is at least ONE other AMC
type is his neck of the woods!

About fuel pumps, I'd be interested to hear how others
have safely installed electric fuel pumps so that the
power to the pump is killed if you're in an accident
or something so that the engine dies, but the ignition
is on.  I know that the float in the carb should cut
off the flow of gas when it's full and prevent an
overflow.  My pea brain keeps thinking that it makes
sense to tie an electric pump into the oil pressure
switch, that way the pump will cut out if you lose oil
pressure.  When starting the engine, I assume that
there would be adequate fuel in the carb bowl to get
the engine running and build enough pressure to switch
the pump on.

This isn't for an AMC, but a '54 DeSoto. The cam lobe
has worn down a bit and the fuel pump providing
inadequate fuel as a result.  

In a related issue, on an engine that has a combined
vacuum/fuel pump, is it possible to still have the
vacuum lines connected if you have an electric pump
installed and bypass the original one?  Alternately,
could I eliminate the mechanical pump entirely and get
adequate vacuum from the carb to power my wipers? 

Thanks, guys.

- Justin


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Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2005 13:36:23 -0700 (PDT)
From: JOE FULTON <piper_pa20@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Navarro Six, camshaft
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It might have been set up for a remote (electric?)
fuel pump.

Joe Fulton

Salinas, CA