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On Mon, 2003-01-06 at 10:38, BOB2TYPE3S@aol.com wrote: > I was of the understanding that you either shim the pump with gaskets to > lower fuel pressure or trim the bakelite base to raise the fuel pressure. Is > there a standard thickness to the bakelite base that we can reference? This > would make life a little easier for those of us trying to get a better idea > of how much we would need to trim. It would also make using the type1 pump > more viable (easier to get) for our type3s. Any thoughts on this? Russ? > I forgot about the shimming the pump to lower the pressure. I have never "planed" the fiber block, but it might work to a point. What you are doing here, is changing the stroke of the the pushrod. I have a couple "dead" Brosol pumps out in the garage. I may have to disassemble one of them tonight and see what can be done. -- Russ Wolfe '66 FB MT (It drove) '71 FB AT '65 Bug (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/