[SEL] Fuel pump packing material

bill at antique-engines.com bill at antique-engines.com
Wed Jul 13 05:16:00 PDT 2005


Would that material plumbers used to use to seal drain pipe flanges work -
I believe it was called oakum? or something like that........

Bill

> Howdy all,
>
> I need some help with the fuel pump on my screen cooled 4 hp IHC
> Famous.  The old, dry rotted packing material that sealed around the
> pump plunger reminded me of burlap sack material in that it was like
> a loosely woven cloth with big threads.  Because of the design of the
> pump, there is a lot of space that the packing material needs to fill
> up.  I know there is a rope type of packing material but do y'all
> know of any other types that would be more like the burlap cloth that
> was in there that would occupy a lot of space more efficiently than
> the rope?
>
> Also, the fuel pump has a two bolt mount on it, one on each side of
> the plunger, and there are two fuel line attachment fittings on each
> of the two small "chambers" on each side of the plunger (this gives
> the fuel pump an upside down "T" look).  In both chambers there is a
> ball bearing check valve.  My problem is that the pump is not
> symmetrical so which one is the inlet side and which one is the
> outlet side?  Also, the pump can be mounted two different ways with
> either chamber towards the head.  I doubt that in mechanical terms it
> matters which way it's mounted but how was it originally mounted?
>
> Thanks for the help,
> Mike
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