Why do I have high fuel pressure...

patrickt · #1 (**permalink**) 03-21-2017, 02:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Texasdoc

Just guessing here and maybe someone else will chime in with the right answer, but you can ask PowerMaster if they have a slightly larger drive gear to increase gear mesh/engagement...???

If you find the wear pattern is unacceptable, and you find that it's not adjustable somehow, and PowerMaster won't help you, then I would contact Robb Mc -- his starter gets very high ratings over on the FordFE forum and he will make you a custom drive gear that fits perfectly with your tolerances. I only know that though from reading years of posts over on the FE forum; no personal experience. Although i do use Erson roller rockers, which he designed. Here's his site if you decide to go that way:
Welcome to RobbMc Performance Products

steve meltzer · #2 (**permalink**) 03-21-2017, 03:26 PM

i have the motor plate and will try to count the teeth. thanx for the info and the starter instructions, which i'm sure are buried in my file drawer, somewhere. s

patrickt · #3 (**permalink**) 03-21-2017, 03:59 PM

At this rate, you're liable to find a couple of chipped teeth off of the flywheel, so we'll have to pull the transmission out to get the bellhousing off to get to it, then we'll use the wrong pilot bearing putting it back in and fry the thrust bearing on the crank, and maybe drop the trans on the side of the car, then from there we can break the cam, water pump, and create some intake leaks. Yessirrreee, I think this little fuel pressure fix up is good for another two years worth of work....

steve meltzer · #4 (**permalink**) 03-22-2017, 12:34 PM

oooh Patrick, you're a devil and bad luck....tho' I haven't looked at every tooth (I think there are 184, right?) I have at least one bad one (well, absent, completely chipped off). I have one major project goin' in my garage now (engine out reseal and amateur detailing of all parts including the engine bay on an old Ferrari), so my lift is tied up for awhile. Your thoughts (other the Rube Goldberg of catastrophes you've envisioned!). s

patrickt · #5 (**permalink**) 03-22-2017, 12:38 PM

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Originally Posted by steve meltzer

Your thoughts (other the Rube Goldberg of catastrophes you've envisioned!). s

Just put in the same brand and model of starter you had in there before (it got you by until now) and let's get the car running. I don't want your car to be like the guy that checked in to the hospital with an ingrown toenail and then never made it back out alive....

steve meltzer · #6 (**permalink**) 03-22-2017, 12:46 PM

The PowerMaster starter was rebuilt yesterday, in just an hour or so! $65 included the clutch, gear + labor, so I'm ready to see how it works. I guess if eats another starter gear, I'll have to start thinking about some serious wrenching. thanx and more later. s

steve meltzer · #7 (**permalink**) 03-25-2017, 11:39 AM

OK, got the starter in but trouble starting the car. Cranked fine and you could see fuel coming from the venturis and the squirters. It fired up once or twice but I couldn't keep it running. When it did fire up, you could see fuel and air going straight down from the primary venturis....never really seen that before. Looked like a tornado headed straight down to the butterflies. Now that I've tried several more times, the starter no longer wants to catch the (highly challenged) teeth on the flywheel. Timing is OK, checked and never touched. Rotor and cap look OK to me and to a semi-professional guy who's doing some body work on another car for me. Got spark that i can verify. Bowl levels set with e-pump on. argggh. thanx steve