Date:         Fri, 16 Jul 2010 14:43:17 -0500
Reply-To:     John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
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From:         John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
Subject:      Re: Fuel Pump Failure - trouble shoot & repair (if Possible)
Comments: To: Greg Potts <greg@POTTSFAMILY.CA>
In-Reply-To:  <4C409299.5080509@pottsfamily.ca>
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  Thanks. I'll sure give it a try.

John

John Rodgers
Clayartist and Moldmaker
88'GL VW Bus Driver
Chelsea, AL
Http://www.moldhaus.com


On 7/16/2010 12:10 PM, Greg Potts wrote:
> Hi John,
>
> I have had good luck resurrecting a stuck pump by soaking it with
> acetone and/or carb cleaner. I combine this with exercising the pump a
> bit with 12V applied in both normal and reversed polarity... Rocking it
> back and forth this way will help break up the clotting and allows the
> solvent to work a little further into the pump and do its work on the
> pumps innards.
>
> It doesn't always work, but with new pumps being in excess of $100
> delivered I find it's certainly worth trying.
>
>
> Happy Trails,
>
> Greg Potts
> Toronto, Ontario Canada
> 197x Westfakia "Bob the Tomato"
> 1987 Wolfsburg Weekender Hardtop
> www.pottsfamily.ca
>
> BUSES OF THE CORN - AUGUST 13-15th, 2010
> www.busesofthecorn.ca
>
>
>
>  On 7/16/2010 12:48 PM, John Rodgers wrote:
>> I'm trying to resurrect my long dormant Carat which sat for 10 years
>> or there abouts.
>
> SNIP
>
>> Question: Can the pump be repaired and resurrected, or is dead, dead in
>> this case?
>
>