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| | | mechanicl to electric fuel pump | Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 177 member | OP member Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 177 | is it easy? some of the vans at the junk yard have block off plates so i assumed they are electric, is it hard to convert it to electric?? 75 chevy shorty nomad
| | | Re: mechanicl to electric fuel pump | Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 774 old hand | old hand Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 774 | it should be relatively simple,your just eliminating a fuel pump system and replacing it with all new parts.but there will always be things you don't expect,but then I am not a great mechanic. so alot of other guy's here will know better.
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| | | Re: mechanicl to electric fuel pump | Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 177 member | OP member Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 177 | yeah i removed my bad fuel pump and went to put the new one in and there was a bar in the way, im guessing its what pushes the pump but i dont know how to move it lol so i said eff it for $8 ill make it electric lol 75 chevy shorty nomad
| | | Re: mechanicl to electric fuel pump | Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 347 Mountainman | Mountainman Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 347 | its not hard. you need a regulator w/ the fuel pump. but why change a design that has worked for year? mechanical design has worked well for years. unless your putting a real hot engine in it, you really wouldnt need one.
1977 dodge short 4x4 (soon to get its 440 installed), 1978 big block dodge custom camper-maxi, 1984 dodge van prospect,76 b100 6cyl. (parts), 1969 A-108 family wagon(project gasser),88 ramvan shorty V6 5spd, 84 4x4 silverado shortbed, 79 coupe deville, 93 cad STS, 74 F350 flatbed, and 3 toy tercel 4x in a fir tree...
| | | Re: mechanicl to electric fuel pump | Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 347 Mountainman | Mountainman Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 347 | you get what you pay for. careful.
1977 dodge short 4x4 (soon to get its 440 installed), 1978 big block dodge custom camper-maxi, 1984 dodge van prospect,76 b100 6cyl. (parts), 1969 A-108 family wagon(project gasser),88 ramvan shorty V6 5spd, 84 4x4 silverado shortbed, 79 coupe deville, 93 cad STS, 74 F350 flatbed, and 3 toy tercel 4x in a fir tree...
| | | Re: mechanicl to electric fuel pump | Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 177 member | OP member Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 177 | well my fuel pump is pumping but no gas is comeing through it.... it gets to the pump but not up the metal line.. and when i took it off some gas spilled out.. so do you think it just wasnt giving enough pressure or?? i pumped it by hand and the new one i could not even pump at all it was too hard lol, but i couldnt get the gas line off the old one so i returned the new one and was gunna just try the elec thing.. 75 chevy shorty nomad
| | | Re: mechanicl to electric fuel pump | Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,189 old hand | old hand Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,189 | Go with a throttle body fuel pump.. a stock OEM one from a salvage yard.. if you have the time, get the tank and all.. it runs a max of 12 PSI and you can run a cheapo holley regulator to drop it to 6 or so for your carb. I used to run this on my 86 firebird drag car. I would run road driving at 6 PSI, then open it up to 10 for the strip. You just have to have a return line or else you get the full 12 PSI and you will blow fuel past the float needle and seat and flood the carb. Otherwise, you will have to get a very elcheapo electric pump that is only capable of 6 or 7 PSI and is self regulated.. these pumps are horrible. they do not last long at all.. unless you find an ooooold one from the 70's.. Malory used to make a good one, most of todays cheapo's are chinese junk.
Yeah..... I know I know.... It's NOT a van... But if you squint, It could be a REALLY long van? | | | Re: mechanicl to electric fuel pump | Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 177 member | OP member Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 177 | hmm.. starting to sound more and more of a better choice to just buy another mechanical.. i only returned it cuz i couldnt remove the metal gas line off the old one and i really dont wanna go try it at the junk yard lol 75 chevy shorty nomad
| | | Re: mechanicl to electric fuel pump | Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 1,690 veteran | veteran Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 1,690 | Honestly, id stay with the mech fuel pump. cheap to replace and its ran off the engine itself... one less thing to draw battery power.
i have a holley elec fuel pump, but i dont plan on putting it on yet. It'll prolly go on when i swap out the engine... but hmmm yeap.
So it is pumping fuel? are u sure the hose isnt kinked somewhere?
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