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I've solved most of my oil leak problems except the timing cover seal, which is scheduled to happen in a couple of weeks. I've found that if I putt to work and stay off the highway I go thru about a qt every 4-5 days, but if I run down the highway oil consumption is MUCH faster. Anyway, yesterday I was almost a qt low and was going to top off when I got homew from work. Much to my suprise, I was overfull. My valves had been clattering a lot more on the way home and surnuff, oil has gas in it. I've pulled the old fuel pump(glass topped A/C) and am installing the standard pump off my old 235. This looks like a standard pump with a brass colored flat top that has the inlet and outlet ports upright from the flat top. The old fuel lines did not line up with the new pump. I removed the line fittings and put a
3/4 wrench where the line fittings screw in and rotated the top of the pump about 1/3 of a turn.Now everything lines up. After thinking about this I'm wondering if that was the correct thing to do and if I could have damaged the new pump? I won't have it back together till Sat. morning, so I have to wait and see. I haven't been to the vendors yet, but I know that you used to be able to rebuild the old pumps. I'd like to repair the glass topped one for future use. I don't recall seeing any kits listed. Anybody ever done this and have I screwed up my new pump?
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Hi, I'm not sure I followed all your modifications. However, your described problem is most likely tied to the fuel pump. Not sure what you turned on the fuel pump to make things line up. If you moved just the cover, no damage was done. To move any other portion would require removing all the screws around the base of the pump and repositioning the top portion of the pump in relation to the mounting base. You should be able to still get kits from either the Filling Station or Chev's of the 40's. If the pump you just installed has been around for a while, it's condition would also be suspect. 
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Terrill Machine Company, 1006 CR454, DeLeon , Texas 76444 (254)893-2610 will rebuild your old pump with new gas resistance materials for a reasonable price and they also sell the kits, they usually have an ad in the G&D
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