Banpei's new TA60 family cruiser

[banpei]

(08-31-2023 10:05 PM)banpei Wrote:  No news on the fuelpump as my mechanic is on holiday...

After four long weeks waiting the mechanic finally is back!

I visited him today and showed him the incorrect PTZ fuel pump. His first plan was to mix and match the two pumps and put the diaphragm of the new one in the old one. Unfortunately the PTZ is an aftermarket pump and the two pumps have a different diameter. So exit plan A.

So plan B is now to use the PTZ pump and plug the return line to the gastank as the pump doesn't have the return line for excess fuel. The carb has a float that will shut off the fuel supply. This means the excess fuel will no longer be returned via the return line and the pump will continue to put pressure on the line when the float closes the line. He thinks the pressure is low enough for it not to leak as carbs normally have a low pressure fuel pump. If not, we can always put a fuel pressure regulator in between to lower the pressure on the carb. Keeping my fingers crossed that I get the Carina back in a few days!