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both deliver fuel....maintenance convenance and ease of finding a pump along the road if your electric goes out is much easier than finding a mechanical and could be all the difference on the trip home, on its own power or atop a flat top hauler.  

 

as an aside, many use the electric as a priming device and switch to mechanical once started....in doing this if in the event of mechanical failure you can still activate the electrical pump to continue driving.

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I double what Plymouthy has stated above. The electric is a good backup pump to the mechanical and also a good pump toprime the systemand also if you get a vapor lock.

 

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Would someone please refresh my aging memory about venting the gas tank for a 6 volt electrical fuel pump?

I've read in earlier threads and I think I even asked this question before but for the life of me I can't remember what the advice was.  I'm pretty sure that I don't have a vent in my tank, and I thought (if it's necessary) to remove the sender in my fuel tank, and drill/tap a hole in the top and then run a 90 degree fitting with a line from it, to vent the tank.  I don't really feel like drilling a hole in the filler tube and welding in a vent line.   

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57 minutes ago, harmony said:

Would someone please refresh my aging memory about venting the gas tank for a 6 volt electrical fuel pump?

I've read in earlier threads and I think I even asked this question before but for the life of me I can't remember what the advice was.  I'm pretty sure that I don't have a vent in my tank, and I thought (if it's necessary) to remove the sender in my fuel tank, and drill/tap a hole in the top and then run a 90 degree fitting with a line from it, to vent the tank.  I don't really feel like drilling a hole in the filler tube and welding in a vent line.   

 

Yes...your memory is faulty.  ?

 

If your tank vents properly with the mechanical pump it will vent with the electric, the tank doesn't know the difference. I think you are getting tangled up with something someone may have told you about a return line being necessary for an electric pump....but that ain't so.

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5 hours ago, Sam Buchanan said:

 

Yes...your memory is faulty.  ?

 

If your tank vents properly with the mechanical pump it will vent with the electric, the tank doesn't know the difference. I think you are getting tangled up with something someone may have told you about a return line being necessary for an electric pump....but that ain't so.

Thanks Sam.  You'd think at least with a poor memory that I would be able to forget the misinformation instead of the good stuff.  ?

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6 hours ago, DonaldSmith said:

The standard, original cap is vented.  

That's a very cool Suburban you got there.  I'll bet there aren't many of those around these days.  I know I've never seen one.

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7 hours ago, Sam Buchanan said:

A good electric pump can also function very nicely as the only pump.  :)

And the arm doesn't come off and rattle around in your crankshaft like as a recent poster stated. And no diaphragm to break and let gas into your oil pan.  https://p15-d24.com/topic/57720-main-bearings-oil-pressure-etc/

 

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6 minutes ago, bartenderfloyd said:

Does anyone recommend a particular brand pump that is "flow through?"  I'd like to install one as a primer and back up but I'm reading that the Carter 4259 is not meant to be used as a secondary. 

 

Why not use the Carter as your primary (only) pump?   :)

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7 minutes ago, Sam Buchanan said:

 

Why not use the Carter as your primary (only) pump?   :)

Primarily because the mechanical pump is working well but there were a few times when I had to crank for a while to start after the car sat for a long time.  Also, I'm lazy and don't feel like running a return line.  Actually...that's the primary reason. LOL!

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1 hour ago, bartenderfloyd said:

Primarily because the mechanical pump is working well but there were a few times when I had to crank for a while to start after the car sat for a long time.  Also, I'm lazy and don't feel like running a return line.  Actually...that's the primary reason. LOL!

 

Why would you run a return line? This is a low-pressure pump designed for use with a carb.

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19 minutes ago, Sam Buchanan said:

 

Why would you run a return line? This is a low-pressure pump designed for use with a carb.

I'm sure we can have a wonderful debate but I think we are getting off topic here.  Are you using a pass through pump and is it a brand you would recommend?

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15 minutes ago, bartenderfloyd said:

I'm sure we can have a wonderful debate but I think we are getting off topic here.  Are you using a pass through pump and is it a brand you would recommend?

 

I use a Carter pump located just forward of the fuel tank as the only pump. The mechanical pump was removed and a blockoff plate installed. This pump has been in service on my P15 for two years and I ran the same type pump on a carbed kit car for ten years. Flawless service in both applications, no return lines.

 

If I wanted a pass-through pump I would install a Facet pump such as the ones I use on aircraft as a boost pump. The Facet pump on my RV-6 aircraft has been in service for 22 years, still clicking.  :)

 

I also used a Facet pump in the Chevy S-10 when the 2.8V6 was replaced with an engine that didn't have a mechanical pump.

 

This is the 6v Carter rotary pump, have only used it as a primary pump, don't know how it would function pass-through.

 

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