Need suggestions for removing a fuel pump

[MadScientist]

Hi all,

Ive been having some fuel delivery issues so I have been working through the system and when it came time to check the pump, I removed the alternator to find the rearward bolt, that holds the fuel pump on, blocked on the topside by a hardened steel pin.

I assume the pin is supposed to hold the pump arm in place but it somehow worked its way out to block the bolt so I cannot remove the pump.  All attempts at putting the pin back in were unsuccessful. I think the arm is out of alignment and the pin wont budge.

Its a 383 and Im running a hemi fuel pump on it (cause I had one from YO lying around).  I will supp;y pictures ASAP.

Any and all suggestions at getting this thing off would be great!  Im thinking I have to cut it off (maybe with a dremel if I can find something tough enough to cut it), but I dont know.

I have also tried to just force a socket on there but the pin is so close to the bolt that I cant even get a standard screwdriver in there.

images coming....

Thanks for the help

MS

[MadScientist]

Heres the picture

[GreenMachine]

Wow, that sucks. If it were me, first I would try to cut the pin with a cut-off wheel. If that didn't work, I'd take the fwd. bolt out and pry on the pump till the flange broke.

[john108]

Is it possible to grab the pin with vice grips, use something between the vice grip and pump, like an open end wrench around the pin or a bar, and pry the pin out.

[craigandlynda]

wow looks like a cutoff wheel is called for...but if you cant get in to cut the hardened steel pin, you might as well cut right across the aluminum pump itself...after all, if the pin slid, its probably junk anyway

[craigandlynda]

oh, and by the way, be careful working around gsaoline with any kind of grinding tool...

[RallyeMike]

Find a bolt the same size as the hole and punch the pin out.

[Steve P.]

I would come up from underneath the pump with a drift punch or a long chisel and bend the pin enough to get a socket on the bolt head.

I also would toss those bolts and use the correct shouldered bolts. If the correct bolts were in play you would not be in this bind..

Not giving you a hard time, just had issues with incorrect bolts in tight places before.

Good luck........     

[MadScientist]

Thanks everyone for the suggestions

Im liking the idea of trying to move the pin out of the way.  Im pretty sure I can get a good shot at it even if it cracks the pump (its trash anyway).  And yeah, I was thinking about cutting around a fuel source 

What do the correct bolts look like anyway?

MS

[Steve P.]

  Like the (2) on the left of the pic. in this link.




  http://store.summitracing.com/partdetail.asp?part=ARP%2D130%2D1602&autoview=sku

[firefighter3931]

Just hit the pin with a cutoff wheel....the pump is junk anyway 



Ron

[BROCK]

Send that pic to the fuelpump manufacturer.  I pity their stockholders, the workers don't seem to
have a clue or care.

[MadScientist]

I should send them the bill for my red light ticket when I was trying to get the car off the road as the car was losing power because the pump failed!   

[MadScientist]

Well I finally had time to mess with the pump this weekend.  I ended upusing a chisel as a pry bar with a 3lb sledge. One whack and the pin broke through the housing above.

Got the new and correct pump back on and man did that thing start right up and run like a scalded cat!  I ve been running on a crappy pump for a long time and didnt even realize it.

Thanks for all the input!


MS