lever should be fine. The lower portion of the pump (arm included) is the one I ran for 2 years on. I only swapped the upper portion, and it worked the before I pulled the pump off...
Worth checking though. I never thought of looking at the lobe on the cam. I'm not entirely sure how many miles my car has on it, so I may as well have a look.
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: The first thing I would check is make
: sure that the replacement pump is the
: same and not the later style with the
: long arm & spacer.
: Glen
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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?
:
: Just for kicks, here is it running.
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: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-IEeZ4rzns
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