[tcb] Re: A Newby Introduction and plea for a part!
- From: Mark Sawyer <mechmark@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2006 08:47:57 -0800 (PST)
Fuel injected buses have electric fuel pumps that deliver up to 42 psi.
Brian Denning <i_am_cool_fred@xxxxxxxxxxx> 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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