[SEL] Re: Fuel pump repair.....

Judge Tommy Turner lcjudge at scrtc.com
Sun Aug 13 17:01:33 PDT 2006


If its a bronze or brass fuel pump, I have had success repairing the 
seat by simply taking a ball bearing thats the same diameter as the 
bronze check ball, placing it on the seat and taking a blunt punch and 
tapping it with a hammer. 

Tommy Turner
Magnolia, KY


> I've similarly used a ball as a seat lap by jamming it into the end of 
> a piece of copper tubing.
>
> John
>
> On Aug 7, 2006, at 1:27 PM, Curt wrote:
>
>> Guys, here is a shade tree repair to get your fuel pump up and running.
>>
>> I had a fuel pump in which the pair of checks valve didn't. The 
>> outlet I was able to rehone and get sealing again by making a tool 
>> using a .50 diameter ball and welding a piece of 1/8" rod to it. Then 
>> using some fine diamond lapping paste (15 micron and then 5 micron) 
>> and the tool in a hand drill, lapped the seat to match the ball 
>> diameter. Testing with a new ball showed it sealed nicely.
>
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>
> John Culp
> Bristol, Tennessee, USA
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