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They I would do as you suspected, prime it. I would try to find a large medical syringe (bad spell, to early here) and shoot it in the gas line. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Per Lindgren" <lindgre@online.no> To: "Type 3 Mailing List" <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 7:21 AM Subject: Re: [T3] Fuel pump for Ebersp?cher gas heater > The diaphragm actually hasnt hardened, and the pump is running. I have > installed it and it runs, but it's not able to pump fuel up from the > tank. I have looked at a few places online that explain about the > heaters, I knew most of what was written there already. The heater is a > B2, btw., so if it just would pump the fuel, it would be ok. I have > disconnected the fuel hose from the heater (directed into a bottle) but > the pump isnt moving any fuel, even though it runs. > > PerL > 73 Variant L > > Jason Weigel wrote: > > >Per dont worry so much. The diaphram part of the pump needs to be some what > >plyable for the pump to move. If the gas has made this hard the pump is > >shot. Second the spark is there because they are breaker points, perfectly > >natural. These pumps usualy dont work because of the hard diafram and not > >electrical. And when you do have it running right it will suck the gas up > >from the tank without being primed. Do you have any reprint of trouble > >shooting manuals? I trust its a BN2 and not a BN4 like Don is speaking of > >for his thing. > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Per Lindgren" <lindgre@online.no> > >To: "Type 3 Mailing List" <type3@vwtype3.org> > >Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 4:08 AM > >Subject: [T3] Fuel pump for Ebersp?cher gas heater > > > > > >>Volks, > >> > >>I have a question about an electrical fuel pump for an Ebersp?cher gas > >>heater. I'm not at all experienced with electrical fuel pumps, so I have > >>to ask you. > >> > >>I had a spare pump here that I had a look at, to see if I could get it > >>running again. I cleaned up the membrane area (lots of white "chalk" > >>there), took the membrane and rod out. Is there anything I should > >>lubricate this rod with upon assembly? There is what loks to be a hole > >>in the side of the pump body for oil. > >> > >>After that I removed the rear cover (red plastic) to inspect the > >>electrical contacts. When I hooked up power, it didnt move, until I > >>helped it a bit. What worries me a bit is that there is a nice, blue > >>spark on the electrical contact as the pump runs. Since this pump is for > >>transporting gasoline, this spark worries me a bit. Should I be worried, > >>or is this perfectly normal? > >> > >>And last but not least, should I expect this pump to suck the fuel up > >>from the tank when I install it, or should the dry lines be primed with > >>fuel first? > >> > >>TIA, > >> > >>PerL > >>73 Variant L > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>------------------------------------------------ > >>To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> > >>For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/ > >> > > > > > >------------------------------------------------ > >To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> > >For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/ > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------ > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> > For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/ > ------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/