Fuel pump

[Mitch]

I have a 1956 cavalier and am having trouble with mechanical fuel pump. I can get fuel through by pumping lever on outside of pump but not from cam lever. I’m wondering about replacing with electric pump. Has anyone done this?

[Captain Nemo]

Hi, have you taken the pump off and looked at it? Might be something simple Like a pin falling out of the cam lever.
You can install an electric fuel pump but it is highly recommended that you put in a low oil pressure shutoff switch so the pump will shutdown if the engine quits due to fuel line break so the pump won't fill your bilge with gas.

[Mitch]

I did take the pump off and did a rebuild kit. I think I got back together right, no instruction, my problem is I don’t know what I don’t know and no one around here to know about or works on CC. Do you know what the original pump was on a four cyclender CC motor.

[Captain Nemo]

Same pump went on all the six and four cylinder engines. www.classicboatconnection.com has rebuilt ones or the kits.