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>If I had to guess, I'd say that you've got your intermediate pump plate assembled wrong. It can go together 8 different ways, but only one of them works right. < I'd be inclined to agree based on my first experience disassembling a pump. Took me 8 tries to get it to work :< In this case though, the pump quit pumping while it was on the car. Since that first experience I've been real careful about knowing how the plate goes back on. I actually got one to work for a while by clipping off one or two coils of the spring to reduce it's force. That's what makes me think the inner part of the piston bore is worn. Nothing happens when the pumps are unmolested. Once I add the block which preloads the piston both the pressure and relief work fine, which means the piston is traveling back from the preloaded position. It just won't move from the fully closed position. I was really hoping there would be a sleeve there since that would provide hope of fixing that problem. Of course, since I'm not a fluid engineer I could be way off base on all of this. Tony '70 Clementine Fasty (in progress) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~