Jeep fuel pump update

[Richard Farrant]

Originally Posted by Little Jo

Hi Guys

I was having a bit of a fuel starvation problem with my 1942 MB Willys Jeep. I found that I was not getting any fuel to the carby, even with using the hand primer. I dropped some petrol into the carby and she fired up immediately, however no fuel was getting to the carby via the fuel pump. I removed the fuel pump and found that the diaphram was not working properly.

I am now wondering should I repair the manual fuel pump, or replace it with an electric fuel pump. My questions To the MLU members are:

Has anyone out there replaced their fuel pump from a manual to an electric fuel pump and is there any benefit to changing from a manual to electric fuel pump system.

Cheers

Tony

hi Tony,

With you being in Aus, I can recommend the fuel pump repair kit marketed by MV Spares in Sydney ( no connection ! ) as being of good quality, also check for wear in the pump. I would also check that your fuel lines back to the tank are clear. On a recent jeep restoration, it was found that the pick up pipe within the tank was blocked/restricted.

regards, Richard