[SEL] Need Help on Stover Fuel Pump

[rdhaskell at juno.com]

Paul, that is the best laugh I have had in a couple of days.  Glad you
were not in the path of the plunger, and no blood was sacrificed.

Ron Haskell
rdhaskell at juno.com
Riverside, California
USA
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On Mon, 16 Oct 2006 17:11:18 -0500 "Paul Maples"
<paulmaples at sbcglobal.net> writes:
> Ok Francis, Ron, Tom, and Bo the grease gun trick worked great. A 
> zerk 
> fitting screwed perfectly into the intake of the fuel pump. Screwed 
> the zerk 
> in, put a plug in the discharge of the pump and then had to run to 
> town to 
> get a tube of grease, came back hooked up the gun and went to 
> pumping. I 
> pumped until I could pump no more then stopped and lit off the torch 
> and 
> gently began to heat the outside of the pump then all of a sudden it 
> was 
> teeth, hair, eyes and chittlins as an explosion typical of the 
> Hiroshima 
> Atom Bomb blast shook the shop and shrapnel (just the plunger, check 
> ball, 
> and spring) was flying everywhere. Here is the setup I used:
> 
> http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g36/wheelterrapin/StoverRebuild82.jpg
> 
> The plunger took off like a A-4 rocket and hit the top of the 
> ceiling of the 
> shop. See evidence:
> 
> http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g36/wheelterrapin/StoverRebuild81.jpg
> 
> I had to set down and calm my nerves as I have not been this pumped 
> up since 
> they were firing at me in Vietnam with a machine gun and then I 
> pressed 
> myself to the ground and looked like Gumby.
> 
> Thanks guys for the excellent tip. I will be posting a follow up 
> message to 
> this one in a few minutes as I think I am going to be needing some 
> parts.
> 
> Paul