[Amc-list] WRONG!! 195.6 and 232/etc fuel pumps NOT! interchangable

[Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>]

I can state with some authority (ahem) that you CANNOT! just stick the 
lever from a 232 Carter dual-action pump into a 195.6 dual action 
pump... and have it last more than 25 miles.

OK I was an idiot.

I haven't examined the debris yet but suffice to say, bombing down the 
605 with two dogs on thw way to the dog beach and having the pump stop 
pumping was Not Fun. Carb went dry.

Got the pump out, hoping for a side-of-the-road fix, and lo, the inner 
end of the lever SNAPPED OFF. Clearly it was too much load, wrong 
stroke, or other obvious-to-Carter-and-AMC-but-not-me blunder.

Gee, they looked so similar...

Long story short (involving friend driving down to get said dogs) I 
bought ANOTHER! 79 Concord fuel pump from a nearby AutoZone, that worked 
fine.

We drove to the beach and back w/o further incident.

When I got home, I installed a three-legged fuel filter and took 
advantage of my new tank return line.
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