FH6 fuel pump pressure problem, please help!

Posted by Eric B. on Tuesday, October 14, 2003 at 1:16PM :

I have 4 old FH6 fuel pumps laying around, and I was trying to find a good one to use in a 230 I have in the garage.

All the spare ones seemed to have no pressure, so I bought a new one.

The new one feels just like the old ones, fingers on both the inlet and outlet, I feel no pressure at all.

I put a line on the new pump, put the other end of the ine in a bucket of fuel, and I got no fuel after pumping for a while.

Is there some trick to these glass bowl fuel pumps, or did I get a bad pump??

I am used to the more modern 318 pumps, and those you can hear the pressure!

Any and all help is appreciated!!

Thanks!

Eric

• 1956 Bell Telephone PW on E-bay!!

Follow Ups:

• Answers... Or at least what I found... - Eric B. 11:03PM 10/15/2003
  • Re: Answers... Or at least what I found... - Vaughn 11:04PM 10/16/2003
• Re: FH6 fuel pump pressure problem, please help! - daveS 10:08AM 10/15/2003
• Re: FH6 fuel pump pressure problem, please help! - Vaughn 10:23PM 10/14/2003
• Try this - Todd Somers 3:33PM 10/14/2003
• Re: FH6 fuel pump pressure problem, please help! - Ken See 1:48PM 10/14/2003
  • I am moving the pump arm by hand... - Eric B. 2:20PM 10/14/2003
    • Try priming it. - Clint Dixon 2:31PM 10/14/2003
      • Tried that, no luck! - Eric B. 2:47PM 10/14/2003
        • Re: Tried that, no luck! - Clint Dixon 6:20PM 10/14/2003
        • Re: Tried that, no luck! - Ken See 4:56PM 10/14/2003

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