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The diaphragms in my fuel pump had "Blouses" too, but I installed the flat material and pre-streached it properly and it seems to have worked fine. You could also just run the 73 fuel pump, which didnt use diaphragms. Of course they are hard to come by too but I wonder if you could use a bus pump and adjust the flow rate down to what is needed for the T3 application. They ARE adjustable, just not sure what the range is or the spec... but maybe Russ' manuals have this info. Keith Keith Park Top Notch Restorations topnotch@nycap.rr.com 71 Squareback 65 Notchback 65 Squareback 87 Golf 88 Rx7 10th Anniversary ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Janninck" <sjannick@ix.netcom.com> To: <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Friday, September 24, 2004 8:12 PM Subject: RE: [T3] Fuel pressure regulator for BN2 EberspScher gas heater > Hello All, > > I had a chance to remove the Fuel Pressure Regulator for the Heater and > disassemble it. After disassembly the hardened diaphragms were definitely > confirmed. I am really interested in the idea of replacing the hardened > material, but I don't think it is as easy as it sounds. The diaphragms seem > to have a molded shape to them to allow for motion, I don't know how I could > duplicate that. The metal centers on the diaphragms are also confirmed. I > think with a little work, I could probably remove the metal centers and > transfer to new material, but one of the centers has an orange neoprene seat > that seem to have a wear mark pressed into it, I don't think it would seal > properly, but I could be wrong. > > Russ, I know you said you have done this work before, I was wondering if the > fuel pressure regulator was the same? > Anyone's comments would be greatly appreciated. > Should I try to find a repair kit (probably non existent)? Do you think the > diaphragm material would have enough flex to allow for the axial movement? > > I have attached a link to the disassembled Fuel Pressure Regulator (pictures > explain it all) > > Web Page > http://home.ix.netcom.com/~sjannick/type3vwpage4.html > > High Res Photos > http://home.ix.netcom.com/~sjannick/71%20Notch%20Heater%20Photos/ > > As Always Thanks for everyone's input. > Steve 71 Notch > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >