Carter fuel pump won't pump

[firefighter3931]

Jim,

I went to the BP website and searched on their dealer locator....there are several retailers in the Denver area 


http://locator.penngrade1.com/default.aspx




Ron

[c00nhunterjoe]

If thats what the pushrod looked like, i wonder how bad the lifters are.....

[68charger440]

Thx
I just ordered a case of the oil.  I'll post the results if I can remember when I check the new rod after a thousand miles on the Brad Penn.
I hope I didn't do any other damage to lifters etc.
Jim

[myk]

If thats what the pushrod looked like, i wonder how bad the lifters are.....

Yikes....

[68charger440]

If thats what the pushrod looked like, i wonder how bad the lifters are.....

Yikes....

Well I have been looking for a good reason to redo the top end...  maybe this is it.  I just don't know if my spinal cord is healed enough for it.  Then again I do have two sons and they do make for some pretty good slave labor.

[myk]

If thats what the pushrod looked like, i wonder how bad the lifters are.....

Yikes....

Well I have been looking for a good reason to redo the top end...  maybe this is it.  I just don't know if my spinal cord is healed enough for it.  Then again I do have two sons and they do make for some pretty good slave labor.

Redo?  Like a different cam and stuff?

[firefighter3931]

Thx
I just ordered a case of the oil.  I'll post the results if I can remember when I check the new rod after a thousand miles on the Brad Penn.
I hope I didn't do any other damage to lifters etc.
Jim

Fwiw,

I've seen the FP pushrod worn down like that and the lifters were fine. You can allways cut the oil filter open and inspect the media for metal particles/shavings.....or pull the valley pan and have a look at the lifters if it's really bothering you. 


Ron

[cdr]

i got my fuel pump push rod from TREND, it has a tool steel tip, i also used their tool steel lifters & their push rods.

[68charger440]

I'll put it back together for now and see how it goes, and I probably will open up the filter just to have a look.  I did order a made in America pushrod yesterday, so hopefully I will be good to go for a bit.

[Just 6T9 CHGR]

Thx
I just ordered a case of the oil.  I'll post the results if I can remember when I check the new rod after a thousand miles on the Brad Penn.
I hope I didn't do any other damage to lifters etc.
Jim

Fwiw,

I've seen the FP pushrod worn down like that and the lifters were fine. You can allways cut the oil filter open and inspect the media for metal particles/shavings.....or pull the valley pan and have a look at the lifters if it's really bothering you. 


Ron

Yup me as well.....been there done that

[Chargerguy74]

Was this a Carter M6903 fuel pump? I installed one on my 440 and it ate 1/4" of pushrod on the dyno. Oil used was Comp break in oil with Lucas Zinc additive and Joe Gibbs Driven HR-2 with Lucas additive following cam break in.

[68charger440]

Yea, I think that was the one.  I just changed the oil to the Brad Penn that Ron recommended, and put in the new pushrod, but with a stock pump for now.  I'll leave the stock in for a little while just to make sure it too doesn't get eaten up, then I'll put the high volume Carter back in and see if it holds up.  I'll report back then.

[68charger440]

I cut the oil filter open and looked around for metal shavings or chunks or anything out of the ordinary.  I couldn't find anything, so I think, it didn't break off in chunks, but more of a fine sanding down type of a process, and with the new rod and stock pump it seems to run fine, so I think the cam is still ok too.