Another source of bits.

[Hasbeen]

Today I got a fuel pump service kit for my Fordson Major tractor. It is a 40s or early 50s tractor, & amazingly parts are radially available & really cheap.

The kit was only $22, & I'm pretty sure the diaphragm is the same as the 7s fuel pump.

It is a pity we can't get service kits for our pumps, just replacing the consumables is a much better idea than fitting a new pump of doubtful manufacture.

Hasbeen

[Workshop Help]

Hasbeen, my friend, which TR7 pump are you referring to? The original AC pump or the cheap Italian aftermarket pump? The AC pump was a crimped together affair while the Italian pump was held together with machine screws. This made access to the diaphragm and internal oil seal very easy.

Would you have the part # for your tractor pump and maybe, pretty please, a photo of the repair kit?

Mildred Hargis

[Hasbeen]

Sorry Mildred, I don't have a camera, but may get one of the kids to do a phone photo, when they visit. I'm referring to the AC pump, which is also what we get for $135 if we order from our Triumph people here.

I think someone must have a business packaging this stuff. If so they have access to stuff we never hear about. It is a kit to service the pump, which is one with a glass float/filter bowl on top, & a lever for manual pumping on the bottom.

The kit is in a plain brown cardboard box with a stick on label saying only BA 3462 REPAIR KIT & no other marking. Inside are 2 sealed plastic bags, one with a normal old fashioned pump kit, including diaphragm, valves, glass bowl rubber gasket, top gasket, pump to block gasket & a few O rings etc. The second bag includes some metal bits & other bits I believe are to overhaul the manual pump leaver & components.

Neither of these bags are marked in any way. I will find my old 7 engine pump when I get a chance & see if I am right about interchangeability.

It won't be for a while. I am currently fighting with my river pumping system. I have a harvesting licence, & an empty dam. It has been very dry. The river is getting down towards the level where harvesting will be stopped. I have to get my dam full before that.

Currently the 20 year old 3" lay flat hose I use from the river to the mainline in the paddock doesn't want to seal on my fittings, due to age & hardness. [I know how it feels]. It is 70 Ft vertically up to the top of the riverbank, at about a 40 degree slope so a fair head.

I am loath to spend a lot of money on a couple of hundred meters of new hose, which I may use only once, hence my fight.

Hasbeen

[DNK]

The TR6 crowd have been getting their rebuilds from these guys
http://www.maritimedragracing.com/then_ ... motive.htm
They are great kits and have all the new type of rubber as not to get trashed by the new fuels.
Here are the parts you get


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Don
Stick a Wedge In It
80 TR7 V8 Kick in the pants