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Thanks as ever for all your help. will get this sorted in the end and let you know.
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Thanks all for your help and advise. This looks like an insoluable problem, Rimmers tell me this model pump has to be fitted without the spacer. If the leaver arm is missing the cam I cant see any way to fix that, even If I did get it to run on the cam if it can slip off that easily it looks like a problem just waiting to happen again, Looks like the best option might be to ditch it and switch to an electric pump?
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Having fitted a new pump, I don't now get fuel through to carb's. Is there any way I could fit the pump so that it does not connect to the cam? Seams like the is only one position the pump can go in, have removed the spacer as instructed by the supplier.
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This probably looks very dim..........but can some one tell me if the brass / bronze runion thing should rotate easily on the upright thingy. and how do you replace them if required? told you it sounded a bit dim!
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Ahh could try that I have a hammer impact driver. thanks
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Thanks all, brakes option is out, calipers off as replacing all the old pipe work. have tried the wedging the whole thing solid with lumps of wood between the floor and the nuts, soon learned the pushing down on the nuts was far safer than the other way lifting the car up. Had hoped that there was a magic solution to this one. Looks like it's just a question of persiverance
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Really stuck on this one, I need to renovate the front suspension but I can't work out how to remove the splined hub. removed the wire wheel no problem, but obviously with no wheel / tyre resistance I can't remove the 4 nuts holding it on. I have tried locking the hub up with a lump of wood but so far have only succeded in lifting the front of the car of the axel stands. There must be a way..............?
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That's good enough for me, if it will protect a submarine.... sorry amphibious thingy it's going to be good enough for me! Thanks.
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That looks like what Im lookin for, thanks.
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Thanks Louis, this is for all the wings, have taken the all off so preping though a filthy job should be reasonably easy, will search web for epoxy anti chip stuff.
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Would appreiate any advise on painting my inner wheel arches. They are in reasonably good codition but they do have some surface rust. In good time I would eventually like to over paint the protective treatment in the body colour. All and any advise appreciated.
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You are quite right Danny B, I didn't see any notes from The Brothers either, but when I asked why the "wrong" pump had been sent it was all explained to me. Remove the spacer fit new studs and away you go. Problem now solved. But no doubt there will be others! :)
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Thanks Shaun I will try this, as thinking about it if it pumps fuel when I operate it manually there can't be an air leak? Quite what I will do if it isn't running on the cam is another thing.
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Thanks Nick I have the spacer block type (and the spacer). The last pump was the old AC type and I did snap the arm on that and still can't think how I managed to snap it off, but luckily both the pump and the snapped off bit of arm came out together. I am reasonably sure I ordered the right "bent arm" pump from the Brothers, and when I compared the two they looked much the same as far as the leaver is concerned. I like the air leak idea though checking sounds like a bit of a headache. I not sure what I can do if the leaver is missing the cam as obviously it sits on two studs with no room for adjustment. Tomorrow I will try tightening up all the pipe clips.
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Further to yesterdays post, thanks for all the replies. Got fuel up to the clear plastic fuel filter just before the carbs by carefully sucking, thank god no one was watching! Manually filled the float chamber and hey presto after a bit of heavy duty cranking she grumbled in to a form of life....briefly then gave up. So the electrickery bits are OK but the fuel pump wont pump mechanically, took it of the block and pumped it by hand and it works fine. Is it possible to fit a fuel pump wrongly? It's a new pump, could I have the wrong sort? What exactly drives the pump leaver? All or any answers appreciated.