Carter Fuel Pump Mystery-Solved
I just got a brand new Carter Mechanical Fuel Pump from Summit. It is the Street Strip version for a 440 engine. P/N CRT M6903. After installation on the vehcile everything appeared to okay. After 20 minutes of idle or driving the engine quite. There was no fuel getting to the carbs. Went through all the usuaul stuff, filter, lines intank sock and found nothing. So I took the new fuel pump off and installed a known good one and the problem appears to be corrected.
My curiosity got to me and I took apart the new Carter Pump. In the lower part valve side of the pump I found a piece of black foam about a 1/2 inch square below the seal between the valves. Never seen this in a pump before and just wondering if anyone else has ran into this problem. Goes to show ya just because it is new doesn't mean it is good.
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