Help identify a fuel pump

[Cold Blue]

Replaced the fuel pump on my 48 Plymouth 218 with the correct low-pressure pump with glass sight bowl. Had a problem with leaking B & B carbs. New pump, along with a carb rebuild fixed that. Pictured is the old fuel pump. Is this a vintage pump? I have been unable to identify it. Thanks !!!!

[Andydodge]

Looks like an "old" pump, what do you mean regarding it being a "vintage" pump?.....with the orange overspray and what appears to be some marks around the bolt holes it would seem that it has been used on an engine, which you indicated........ I have a similar pump left over from stuff I'd got when building up the 230 but can't tell you how old or what car these pumps suit, but whether it has the glass bowl or not wouldn't make any difference as to how it works...........andyd   

 

[Cold Blue]

By "vintage" I meant "old", like it was maybe a late 40's pump? I am sure the engine was repainted red at some point, so the pump was there at that time, hence the overspray. I was going to pitch it, but maybe I should keep it if it is indeed a "vintage" pump? I was hoping to find out if it was rare, or not...

[desoto1939]

is there any numbers stamps on the mounting flange where it is bolted to the engine block.  I would assume that it might be a variation of the AC 588 fp becsue that was a standard FP that was used on our cars. Just a WAG wild AsX guess.

 

Rich Hartung

Desoto1939@aol.com

[Cold Blue]

desoto - yep, the number 712 is stamped on the mounting flange. It's small, and I didn't notice it until you asked. What does the 712 designate?

[Plymouthy Adams]

6 minutes ago, Cold Blue said:

desoto - yep, the number 712 is stamped on the mounting flange. It's small, and I didn't notice it until you asked. What does the 712 designate?

should reflect the pump made by AC for the last years of the Mopar flathead.....712 is the model number...….(57, 58, and 59 and more than not continued to the end of the production runs for military, commercial civilian and industrial applications)

[Cold Blue]

Plymouthy - sure "nuff - it's an AC single action fuel pump made for the 57 thru 59 Dodge 6 cylinder engines. Wonder how it made it onto my 218? I guess someone had one laying around and saw that it would bolt right up to my '48. I never put a fuel pressure gauge on it to see what it pumped. I now believe that it probably was not overpowering the B & B carbs and causing them to leak. I think rebuilding the carbies was all they needed...oh well...