'50 Dodge fuel pump

[JAYNE COBB]

OK Gurus of everything flatty! I just got a 1950 Wayfarer and it had been sitting for about a year or so... I took it out to my work (about 15 miles) to look over the electrical system,and everything was fine except for some bad bulbs. I drove it back into town and the first place I stopped is where it stopped. I'm not getting any fuel to the carb and the filter is new. I and a few of the guys at work think it's the pump. Sorry for the long post, but to my question...Is the fuel pump in these things rebuildable or not? This car is completely stock and original right down to the 6 volt positive ground electrical system.

[Young Ed]

Yes the original pump is rebuildable. You will have to remove it and find the pump number. Kits are available from antique auto cellar. Also you can go to any decent parts store and they should be able to order you one. If that fuel pump is old the modern gas usually wrecks them in short order.

[JAYNE COBB]

Holy fast reply Batman! Cool to know! The kits I will be able to get will be good to hold up to the newer gas? I'm getting the service manual in the mail in a few days (ebay) and am going to be fixing what I can! Here's a couple of pics!

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[Young Ed]

Yes the kits are modern materials that stand up to the ethanol. Thats what wrecks the old ones. The new ones from the parts store will also hold up to the gas. Stay away from older new ones on ebay. Thats a gamble IMO. Very nice dodge you have there too. Going to put the caps or wheel covers back on?

[JAYNE COBB]

Cool! thanks for the great news dodgepu1946! Yes the hub caps will be going back on. actually those pics were taken right before I put them back on. But I have to replace some of the clips on the rear wheels, for them to stay on! I figured about the old stuff on ebay (didn't want the same thing to happen twice!) Thanks for the welcome and the answers! Be seeing y'all later!

Andrew

[oldmopar]

Does your car have the pump with the vacuum assist for the wipers not sure how the 50 is set up

You can buy a new pump at a NAPA parts store I have the part# for the pump W/O the vacuum assist M847 purchased one last week for about $50.

If you need the vacuum assist pump ask the store to look it up or someone here may know the number

While you are changing the pump there is a small gas hose that has crimped on fitting that should be changed

[BobT-47P15]

Hi. Welcome. The car looks real good......the weather not so great.

Where do you live???? I may have missed that info in some earlier post.

If you can find some other older wheels with OK clips, you can probably

transfer them to your rim. Just drill or knock out the rivet on the old,

and either rivet on to your wheel, or use a very short small nut and bolt

(that's what I did). I put the head of the bolt on the back side of the

wheel.

[greg g]

Well before you panic and spend money you might want to do a few tests and some simple tricks to see if they work. First disconnect the fuel line at the carburetor, direct the flow into a clear container. with the coil wire disconnected, have an assistant turn the engine over with the starter. With the engine turning over, count the pulses of gas as the pump works. 12 strokes should give you 6 to 8 ounces of gas in the container. If you don't have this you have a problem between the tank and the pump. There is an in tank filter that can get clogges with rust. You can clear this by putting some low pressure compressed air back through the line from the inlet side of the pump. Just blow back through the line disconnected from the tank side of the pump.

The pump also has a fine brass screen in the lower chamber that can get clogged. Make sure that is clean and try the test again. If you now have proper flow, through the pump, take the top off the carb and check the float bowl chamber for rust and debris, and assure that the needle and seet are clean and opeing a closing freely.

Then if you do not have proper flow and a running engine (don't forget to reattach the coil) then check into the new fuel pump.

[JAYNE COBB]

oldmopar, my car has vacuum wipers, the hose comes out of the side of the block by the head. I'll also check out the crimped fitting.

BobT-47P15, Thanks, yea the weather wasn't so good in that pic, but it was supposed to ice and snow that day, but we just got cold rain. I guess there's a trip to the older yards around here to find some clips. Oh I'm from Wichita KS.

greg g, thanks for the info! I am going to be going through the entire line anyway so I will check all of these things that you mentioned. When I couldn't get it to start the first thing we did was pull the line and turn it over, wasn't pumping anything which is why I suspect the pump. But I will be checking the tank , lines and filters as well.

Thanks guys! I'm really glad to have found the site where I can find so much info about my car. If my service manual can't help me I'll post up on here!!!