The saga continues.
At least I was able to verify the diaphragm is correctly functioning now when the engine cranks.
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: time to go rebuild it...
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: These are not aftermarket, as far as I
: know. Turns out I have 2 blocks. My
: spare is a KC and the running one is a
: KD. Sometime since I pulled my car
: apart I must have swapped fuel pumps,
: thus the error.
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: some interesting information I have
: discovered during this adventure:
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: The basic KC block was used on the
: Vitesse 1600. and the breather was
: fitted there, also early 2000 saloons
: also had the breather there until they
: were changed to the emission valve
: system as used on the GT6
: The KC engine is a small crank engine
: with the blanking plate and the
: straight arm fuel pump the later engine
: had the casting altered to omit the
: breather hole and at the same time the
: fuel pump position was lowered and
: hence the different arm on the fuel
: pump
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: Yes as mentioned previously the long
: arm
: requires a spacer to fit.
: The failure to pump is due to either a
: ruptured or displaced diaphragm, or
: sticking or displaced check valves.
: As an aside, some of the replacement
: pumps on the market a few years ago had
: terrible problems with the check valve
: assemblies falling out...
: Glen
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: after 2 days of off and on and toying
: with it, and poking and prodding on two
: other forums I think I have the answer.
: The exploded diagram shows a curved arm
: and the one I have is straight. My
: spare is curved, so I swapped em and no
: issues.
: But now it is not pumping, even though
: that diaphragm was good just yesterday.
: Guess it's time to install the new
: diaphragm.
: I don't recall ever swapping my fuel
: pump, but maybe I did for some reason
: since I stopped driving my car in 97.
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: Been a while since I asked anything
: here,
: so I'll let you have the first crack at
: it since it will be a day or so before
: I can act on the advice:
: I got my engine started for the first
: time in years. (YAY!) The problem is,
: last time I messed with it I must have
: cross threaded the outlet of the fuel
: pump. (stock glass domed mechanical
: one), so after dealing with a leaking
: pump for the first test firing I
: replaced the now bad part with a spare.
: Hindsight tells me I could have done
: this without removing it,
: but....Anyway, now the priming lever
: works but the engine seems to run till
: the carb bowls run out of fuel, so it
: sounds to me like I didn't get the pump
: seated correctly. Any ideas on properly
: seating the lever?
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: Just for kicks, here is it running.
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