Inquiring minds want to know whats the part number and manufacture of the fuel pump or the year and model of the ford it came from???  Most people you find working at parts stores are unable to do this type of X ref work.

David
1982 aircooled westy

Date:    Wed, 7 Apr 2004 14:53:08 -0400
From:    Greg Potts <greg@POTTSFAMILY.CA>
Subject: Re: noisy fuel pump

Hi Volks,

Since we're still talking about fuel pumps, I'll inject another nugget of useful
data: You don't HAVE to replace the original VW pump with the exact same thing.
As long as you match the line diameter, fuel pressure, voltage and flow rates
of the VW spec, you can use any pump sold at your favorite FLAPS.

When we were stranded at roadside with a dead fuel pump in Dad's Vanagon westy,
I was told that a Vanagon pump would cost $200 and take two days to obtain. The
second parts store sang the same song... But they also had an older gentleman
behind the counter who was able to pull out a huge reference book and find me a
ford pump and filter that would meet my needs. One that he had in stock, and
that cost only $110 instead of $200. When I got back to the bus I bolted it up
and we were back under way in just a few minutes.

Two years later that pump is still running fine.

Moral of *this* story: It pays to shop around.

If you're really interested in the gory details and want to see a pic of the new
pump, my EveryBus 2002 trip report is online here:
http://pottsfamily.ca/VW_type2/EB2002/

Happy trails,

Greg Potts
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

1973/74/79 Westfakia Conversion **Bob the Tomato**  LY3H
1977 Sunroof Automatic L63H/L90D
http://www.pottsfamily.ca/westfakia
http://www.geocities.com/busesofthecorn

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