Mechanical Fuel Pump Install.

[DAVID GAGNARD]

Originally Posted by jhv48

Best way to bump it? Remote starter? Or with the key?

Depends, when I alone in the shop I use a remote starter bumpy thingy, when the wifey or someone else is there, I get them to sit in the car and bump it with the key while I try to get the fuel pump in.....Either way will work fine......

David

[jhv48]

Thanks, will use the remote.

Wifey would let the engine start.

[Got the Bug]

Originally Posted by jhv48

Thanks, will use the remote.

Wifey would let the engine start.

You can turn the engine over with the coil wire removed...no need to worry about it firing up.

[jhv48]

And with the fuel pump sitting in my hands, It won't stay running very long.

[DAVID GAGNARD]

Over the years, I've had to get my wife to come in the shop to "lend" a hand soo many times, she's a pro at bumping the motor over and even better at sitting in the car pumping the brake pedal while I attempt to bleed the brakes.....she can even read the dash gauges and knows when the water temp is too high or the oil pressure is too low it's time to shut it down.......

dats what happens when you have/drive junk all your life!!!!!!!!! like me........

David

[wkooiman]

The eccentric is the easiest at TDC.

It's also the hardest at TDC.

Turn it over to TDC, and try to install the pump. If it's too difficult, turn it one complete revolution at the crank - to TDC - and try again.

It doesn't have to be exact, of course.

[jhv48]

Thanks, I'll keep bumping the remote starter till the damn thing fits.