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

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OOpsie daisee....

Would you be a wanting the big ole funky vacuum resevoir I built for my 4.0L when I still ran suckee wipers [OK Vacuum] ?

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Mark Price
Morgantown, WV
1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5
2004 Grand Cherokee Laredo, 4.7L, Quadratrc II
" Chronic Pain Hurts"

 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: 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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