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hold on check the length of the push rod you may need a longer one to activate the pump. take the pump off the engine and actuate it my hand. if it pumps fine then cool. i usually dry it out real good and put resistace (my finger) over one of the openings while actuating it. if no pressure or no vacuum than no good. or disconnect the outlet side of the pump into a can and have some one turn over the starter(after disconnecting the coil). it should spray the fuelinto the can. also check all fuel line to and from the pump. air is easier to draw that fuel. so you may be suckin air( no pun intended) . with good hose and pump and rod you should get 3.5 psi of fuel delivery enough to hit the dash if you aim right. if all this fails you go to sears and purchase a fuel pressure gauge. not expensive and go from there. good luck btw dont run if not enough fuel delivery. you will be leaning out your carbs and making your poor t-3 run way to worm. c-ya Jonce At 06:43 PM 10/8/97 -0400, you wrote: >I installed the correct fuel pump today, the one with the ugly dome, and >can't get it to run. Hmmmm, I actually installed two of them, the first gets >fuel to the carb, but not enough to run longer than 30secs. Then I put on >another stcok one and it doesn;t even get fuel to carb. The only thing I can >think of is that BOTH pumps have bad diaphrams. Is there something I'm doing >wrong ? When I had to replace fuel pumps before, no hassle and no problems, >but now, nothing works ! What to do ?? It's a stock 1500 from a '63 notchback >with the side-draft carb (w/generator). Arghh! I haven't checked the float >level yet though. Engine ran fine before I screwed with the fuel pump. I had >to put the old one back for now, and it works fine. > >any help ?? > >kevin chapman > > Jonce Fancher 56 singlecab 66 sunroof bug 66 variant square back 71 sunroof bus 92 jetta gl winter car 94 ford probe GT (wifes car)