[tcb] Re: A Newby Introduction and plea for a part!
- From: Mark Sawyer <mechmark@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2006 09:51:37 -0800 (PST)
On a CIS and Digijet fuel system, you need a fuel pump that will bypass
pressure that is not needed. a standard Facet pump will not bypass pressure.
Brian Denning <i_am_cool_fred@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: exactly what i was talking
about. i have used one before. my uncle has a
drag truck and he uses something similar to that with no problems why
couldn't you on a bus?
>From: Dan Martin
>Reply-To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [tcb] Re: A Newby Introduction and plea for a part!
>Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2006 11:03:26 -0600
>
>Busdepot.com has them on sale for 159.00 Bosch:
>
>http://busdepot.com/details.jsp?partnumber=GFP301
>
> or 99.00 for what I bet is China:
>
>http://busdepot.com/details.jsp?partnumber=043906091
>
>I think Brian is talking about a "facet" pump like this one:
>
>http://busdepot.com/details.jsp?partnumber=412010
>
>You can get a "facet" pump at any auto parts store.
>I think there some reasons not to use them.
>
>(Terry or Larry may have what you need?)
>
>
>Dan & Katrina Martin
>1971 VW Bus
>H.B.B.
>T.C.B.
>
>http://web.mac.com/danandkatrinamartin
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>
>On Dec 4, 2006, at 10:50 AM, sidecar wrote:
>
>>Hi Brian-
>>
>>I was unaware that there was a different electric 35psi pump available
>>from what I have now. Do you have a brand name I could look for?
>>Thanks for the info.
>>
>>Mike Selvey
>>'79 Westy (Santa Fe Edition)
>>
>>Brian Denning wrote:
>>
>>>why not get a block off plate for the spot the pump goes and buy and
>>>electric pump? it's cheaper easier and works just as good.
>>>
>>>
>>>>From: Mark Sawyer
>>>>Reply-To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>Subject: [tcb] Re: A Newby Introduction and plea for a part!
>>>>Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2006 08:41:25 -0800 (PST)
>>>>
>>>>I just looked on ebay and a new pump is $79.00. I will look around by
>>>>parts bins and see what I have. It should be the same as a Vanagon's
>>>>
>>>>sidecar wrote: Hi all!
>>>>
>>>>The good Doctor Sammy Smith turned me on to this list, and I am
>>>>grateful
>>>>to have an even larger pool of VW people to turn to that I have at
>>>>present with the East Texas Vee-Dub Club.
>>>>
>>>>I have a 1979 Westfalia, in Mexico Beige, which I acquired from eBay
>>>>after checking it out in Tyler. It had a BAD motor, so I put out the
>>>>big bucks to have the guys at Oak Hill rebuild the complete long block,
>>>>and have subsequently added a rebuilt starter and alternator. I also
>>>>restored the complete fuel injection system (with used parts off a
>>>>runner), since I just couldn't seem to get the 2-Barrel progressive
>>>>Weber carb to work right. I hope to get another 100K out of it (it had
>>>>109K when I got it). Happily, it spent most of its former life in
>>>>Colorado, so it is virtually rust-free. I try to drive it daily, and
>>>>just LOVE being up high and back behind the wheels of a Westy again!
>>>>
>>>>When I was young and dumb (19), I had a 1966 Westy, which I abused to
>>>>the point of having to replace an engine every year, commuting from
>>>>Austin to Dallas every weekend with my pedal to the metal to visit my
>>>>then girlfriend (now wife). One day, I took a turn a little too fast
>>>>and laid the whole thing over! That pretty much totalled it,
>>>>cosmetically, and I finally sold it after the motor died again for the
>>>>interior (which was flawless wood....if only the '79 was as nice!)
>>>>Well......33 years later, I've got another Westy! I wanted a split
>>>>window, but the prices seem to have creeped up a little on them since
>>>>"back in the day"!
>>>>
>>>>So anyway...here's my present predicament. I just got the oil changed
>>>>up at Oak Hill, and while I was there I mentioned that I was having a
>>>>TERRIBLE time trying to start this camper on cold mornings. Daniel got
>>>>underneath the van and noticed I had a pinhole crack in my fuel pump.
>>>>He wiped it off, and ten minutes later, it was slightly wet again. So,
>>>>it's leaking a little, but that means my fuel system is not holding the
>>>>35psi pressure overnight, thus causing me grief to try to start in the
>>>>morning. Considering its location, I guess it's also a possible fire
>>>>hazard, so I quit driving it this weekend. It's my only personal
>>>>4-wheel transportation, so that's kinda crimping my style! I have a
>>>>very nice '72 Norton Commando, but it's a little chilly out there for
>>>>motorcycling at the moment!
>>>>
>>>>Does ANYONE out there have a used fuel pump for a 1979, 2000cc,
>>>>fuel-injected Westfalia? Or any idea where I could find one? Oak Hill
>>>>has a nice brand new Bosch in a box, but this close to Christmas, I
>>>>just
>>>>can't manage the price of a new one. I have two sets of numbers:
>>>>GFP301, and 0580 463 016.
>>>>
>>>>Can anyone help?
>>>>
>>>>Thanks in advance for any info.
>>>>
>>>>PS: Later this week I am picking up a box of (4) used ECU's for this
>>>>model. Anyone wanna trade a pump for one?
>>>>
>>>>Thanks again.
>>>>
>>>>Mike Selvey
>>>>1514 East Austin St.
>>>>Nacogdoches, TX 75965
>>>>936-552-7439
>>>>sidecar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>
>>>> >
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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