spitfire fuel pumps

k, im on my last legs, need some advice. I have a 78 spitfire adn the fuel pump arm snapped, I managed to get a replacement (it is the one that requires a spacer), i checked and there is a spacer still there after taking the fuel pump off. So i put this one on and guess what the arm snapped again!!!. So, i thought maybe jsut manufacturer defect, oh well, and i got another one, i ran it for a little adn noticed fuel coming out the peep hole ont eh bottom ( ithink htats means to much pressure? ) so therefore makes me think that what i think is a 13mm spacer is in fact not. When taking off the pump, before i break it :), im getting smarteer, i notice excessive wear alrady ont eh arm and the point it touches the cam. Has anyoen heard of putting 2 spacers on? in my head, the theory would suggest less pressure on the cam, causing hte flattening of hte arm and less pressure in the pump as its arm wouldnt be moving as much?

Your thoughts are appreciatted, summer has started and i am yet to drive!!

Cheers

Ean

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Personally, I'd get an electric fuel pump - something like a Facet - and blank off the bit on the engine.

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Conor

I'd suggest taing the pump off and using a depth micrometer or dial gauge to establish the maximum and minimum displacements of the driving cam. Then check on the pump+spacer that those are possible without bottoming out.

Ian

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Ian

Alternatively, turn the engine until the high point of the cam is towards the pump, then push the pump onto the studs and see if the end of the travel is reached before the pump and spacer is flush with the block. If it is, then the gap you see needs to be taken up with some form of spacer.

And just a thought, are you sure you have got the right pump? I think the Vitesse/2000/GT6 pump looked similar but were not quite the same. And the original Triumph pump was the AC one with the glass dome (AC3?), but you can't get them as replacements any more.

Jim

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Jim Warren

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