Installing mechanical fuel pump

Victor Pollaccia · Post by **Victor Pollaccia** » Mon Sep 07, 2009 7:24 am

How does one go about installing a mechanical fuel pump and how does it work? Any info would be appreciated.

Thanks
Vic.

Rob Voska · Post by **Rob Voska** » Mon Sep 07, 2009 9:08 pm

Like an auto pump. It runs off a cam on the axle. Axle must turn to supply engine fuel.

Ernie Fisher · Post by **Ernie Fisher** » Mon Sep 07, 2009 10:00 pm

Vic,

Hovey Machine Products manufactured a kit. Hovey has been gone for several years now, but I have seen these kits at swap meets. I picked up one for my Hovey products display at a swap meet last year. The kit came with a polished bracket that attached to the bearing hangers, a cam with a 1" bore, and a mechanical fuel pump. We used to use this kit back in the day, where multiple carbs needed a supply from a tank that was far away. We used to put a fuel valve on the output side of the pump, pumped fuel to a fuel block, and on to the engine. Since we did not run a pressure regulator, the primitave valve was used to control the output.

Ernie

Victor Pollaccia · Post by **Victor Pollaccia** » Wed Sep 16, 2009 10:58 pm

Thanks for the info.
Vic.

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