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Horrible fuel pump quality

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djm3452004:
Would definitely recommend jumping on E-Bay and buying an NOS "Made in US" pump, then run ethanol-free fuel, if possible.  I'm running fuel injection now, but when I was running a Weber I had an NOS pump on the car and another NOS unit on-hand as a spare, both from E-Bay.  You'll pay a few bucks more, but it seems even the "cheap" US-made aftermarket parts from the 80s/90s are still superior.

The generic Carter/Advance/O-Reilly's/RockAuto pumps all hail from foreign shores and quality seems questionable at best. 

Anymore, I feel good when I'm able to find Mexican-made parts, just to avoid junk from China.  Pretty funny, because it used to be that Mexican stuff was the worst, but a lot of Chinese aftermarket parts have since set a new low.

Illeagle1984:
I put a Carquest/Advance turd on mine.  I got it because it had a 'lifetime' warranty and I know the guys at Advance very well.  It put out way too much pressure; I looked down the carb and the idle jets had turned to geysers!  It flooded out and died before I could react.  Ran the old one which just leaked from the seam a bit until another one came.  It seems okay for now, but I don't trust it.  I hate that a car has become less reliable by putting new parts on it.

I still have the original for a backup.  It just leaked from the seam a bit.  Can anyone point me to a rebuild kit for this pump?  I would love to replace just the diaphragm and gasket and continue to use the time-tested original pump.

Taylor:
The last one I bought ( about 10 years ago ) was made in Korea, seems to be ok so far. I installed it about 5 years ago but haven’t driven it much because I need to replace the carburetor.
I keep searching for a good quality replacement, haven’t found one yet. I bought another spare made by Delphi, doubt it is very good. “ made in china “.

djm3452004:
Good North American-made NOS ones are everywhere, guys, it's not a tough search.  The cheapest ones of these US and Canada-made NOS pumps are only like $6 bucks more than RockAuto's Carter Chinese pumps.  I know we're a cheap lot, but c'mon...

E-Bay "6737 fuel pump" results from 2/19/2023:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/325468238229?epid=74453577&hash=item4bc76b3195:g:Fd8AAOSw7Mtjn2~O&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAAoN10Wn6YTs7DbwPdRb%2BDvW1RPUaKxrG83otn17YU5gtDT9DB2UhxojIgCI9WDQ50r9aJ23GhMzI1KWMYDEQN8CHVzEcslPk0N2XBmhoGjx96ky2nvevEMHT7dQoxRrfUTkD4N%2FEF5SHEtLtx5UNzWS38NRfxNcL3lle2zyKk8AYuXT%2BHKu2Wk5INdzaBqXE8EpsAiSDFmM%2BtlKndpFWVgIs%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR9S2vr_NYQ

https://www.ebay.com/itm/225403587434?hash=item347b19cb6a:g:vbsAAOSwtUxj4VGB&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAAoPl1d%2F0ulFBp4c5ltEUC9jJrb5307hOl5qv7JDwmpRCnyfGRe%2Bp3XXDHdG4JBsMGeVpvCW58jqguJShE9vX03V84duLtBkORlaBQCxkX9Up%2B7d%2FDBjNWGIa3EaV2cd6jCgtqEJecZ%2BEhbnvtHKPkvLdnkLss35sZdudI4WMd68TWdtIr8FtNASkgKXvJ27P3%2BdO5Lw8FlODxSlPzRHARV6A%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR9S2vr_NYQ

https://www.ebay.com/itm/325467569439?epid=235835684&hash=item4bc760fd1f:g:-k0AAOSwN-djnoxt&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAAoJgtrlTOAOgIYlE2S7vB9UST4EiAtryowVbENwC%2BxIuAJI0V4mMtewkULj2RTqZbz8FcaeCQ%2FLhW2jnuL4GeZ8D8UozMT7mFwhrUiKw7bLKYgnXrgozmuqcB2w7SYyyjPX4deQwn3l5YzJUWkEviI7gLy66jKOMWBY9LNma79aMLPD7qimcEDvTok9vHHo4f6q7eWgiAYIgp2FhR6v4vyB0%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR9S2vr_NYQ

https://www.ebay.com/itm/265873305758?epid=235835684&hash=item3de748b09e:g:GgQAAOSwG4tjF84L&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAAoCtdTq1qkL4wgSUQkxfeY8H%2BI3wk4oJEm8WpIcSZjv5S9lld4JRXkgbXDBy6uI%2F2GV4QiRqj%2BpQ3a1jOanXhJCUkqTYBR6krkoRojUCCMXFAh3lCnSsm4CjiT8v%2Fir%2BhabBFZnucykjuVvxA88agk8ZPlHjihCXa9Q%2FdqpDrCOwbPPNpt5Iko5Gl2bgxcNl6%2B4ajxcSVBYvwdqbbzJj1GIA%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR9S2vr_NYQ

https://www.ebay.com/itm/125112851125?hash=item1d214e9ab5:g:k9cAAOSw98ph65ac&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAA4D9KYuoi7zOat7sUgiFmj4JZS9D%2FlPZhcO1nXgn0NDWxG2aQqt%2B0Ij5mEjoJkEpvPADjrOsoidft6nzLIesSsLmZ%2FJheH8zVpkNS%2FthxbWY4DYqs%2BmH3EfDKhzA65ELs2m%2FkkobDJHa0nvj7987CbJqr0o0FvefUmfa8MtSuyNLYWGmkjtNlgCDslDJWX%2B7L1lqK6wd3jNeafSCf4b1%2BnwGbEJ4HMlKlTkIiv7mivCH%2Bnnxodo7fSJDWXfsq4Fpa2%2B8FVaShXK4udF%2BUh2uhUYfc72hFdAxy%2FIjFl2YkxCOS%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR9a2vr_NYQ

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