Wingnutt
Petty Officer 1st Class
- Joined
- Jul 16, 2003
- Messages
- 255
Cliff notes from the past week are as follows:
Problem: Boat starving for fuel at WOT.
Anti siphon valve was gummed up (no surprise there, it had been setting for over five years) and a very weak fuel pump. I ran down to West Marine and replaced the anti siphon valve, so we are good to go there.
Now here's where it gets interesting. I ordered a new fuel pump and when it arrived the steel line fittings looked nothing like what was on the engine.
I removed the old pump and lines, put it in a box with the new one, and trotted down to my local marina for some clarification.
After much research with the parts guy and consulting many old manuals and the computer along with digging through their inventory of fuel pumps, we discovered that somehow, someway, one of the POs had managed a miraculous feat of redneck engineering and cobbled a Mercuriser lower pump housing onto the original OMC mounting flange!
No, it's not pretty, but it worked...sort of. Then had the steel lines bent up to fit the new contraption.
Dontcha just love PO's?
Anyway, now that I have the correct pump I have to fabricate new hard lines from the filter/water separator to the pump and from the pump to the carburetor.
I found a source for the lines and a good double flaring tool, BUT my knowledge of bending up new fuel lines is limited at best, so could some of you more knowledgeable folks share any tips for measuring, bending and flaring steel fuel lines?
Any and all advice will be greatly appreciated!
Problem: Boat starving for fuel at WOT.
Anti siphon valve was gummed up (no surprise there, it had been setting for over five years) and a very weak fuel pump. I ran down to West Marine and replaced the anti siphon valve, so we are good to go there.
Now here's where it gets interesting. I ordered a new fuel pump and when it arrived the steel line fittings looked nothing like what was on the engine.
After much research with the parts guy and consulting many old manuals and the computer along with digging through their inventory of fuel pumps, we discovered that somehow, someway, one of the POs had managed a miraculous feat of redneck engineering and cobbled a Mercuriser lower pump housing onto the original OMC mounting flange!
Dontcha just love PO's?
Anyway, now that I have the correct pump I have to fabricate new hard lines from the filter/water separator to the pump and from the pump to the carburetor.
I found a source for the lines and a good double flaring tool, BUT my knowledge of bending up new fuel lines is limited at best, so could some of you more knowledgeable folks share any tips for measuring, bending and flaring steel fuel lines?
Any and all advice will be greatly appreciated!