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fuel pump painted engine color or not?
Posted By: Anonymous
fuel pump painted engine color or not? - 10/28/11 12:58 AM
Probably going to be putting in a new fuel pump soon into our small block 70 challenger convert. Since the engine is all detailed up, I wanted to know if the fuel pump was attached prior to the engine receiving the paint or was it installed after the engine was painted? I know big blocks had the fuel pump installed prior to paint but I am not sure about the small blocks. I would imagine they would be the same as its big brother.
Posted By: ScottSmith_Harms
Re: fuel pump painted engine color or not? - 10/28/11 02:10 AM
No, bare metal
Posted By: Anonymous
Re: fuel pump painted engine color or not? - 10/28/11 02:12 AM
ok, so the bare cast alluminum and the cadium plated part of the pump? Sounds like it is time for some RPM on that part then!
Posted By: ScottSmith_Harms
Re: fuel pump painted engine color or not? - 10/28/11 02:13 AM
Right, the entire assembly was bare as cast, etc. no paint
Posted By: Alaskan_TA
Re: fuel pump painted engine color or not? - 10/28/11 02:19 AM
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Posted By: Anonymous
Re: fuel pump painted engine color or not? - 10/28/11 02:21 AM
thanks barry.
Posted By: ScottSmith_Harms
Re: fuel pump painted engine color or not? - 10/28/11 03:51 AM
Barry, that pic just reminded me.....The 71 340 I just bought still had that round head nylon push in retainer in the head (the one that holds that paper tag on) but mine didn't have the tag any longer.
Posted By: ademon
Re: fuel pump painted engine color or not? - 10/28/11 04:50 AM
Whats with the paper tag? first i've seen
Posted By: Mastershake340
Re: fuel pump painted engine color or not? - 10/28/11 05:09 AM
Quote:
Whats with the paper tag? first i've seen
Mike that is a picture from that low mile FY1 Mr Norms T/A that turned up west of here a while back, that Barry documented and made the pictures available on a DVD he sells. 
Posted By: lahatte
Re: fuel pump painted engine color or not? - 10/28/11 05:28 AM
Ok, but what's the tag for? What does it all mean???
Posted By: ademon
Re: fuel pump painted engine color or not? - 10/28/11 06:24 AM
never seen one before, some high factory worker forgot to remove it?
Posted By: Alaskan_TA
Re: fuel pump painted engine color or not? - 10/29/11 02:12 AM
I do not know what it means either. None of the numbers match up to the engine assembly numbers on the broadcast sheet. One of many small mysteries.......
Posted By: Alaskan_TA
Re: fuel pump painted engine color or not? - 10/29/11 02:15 AM
This shows all of the numbers. I bet the small 25 is an inspectors stamp.
Posted By: Alaskan_TA
Re: fuel pump painted engine color or not? - 10/29/11 02:17 AM
The back side, note that it was installed while the engine paint was still wet. So, it was installed at the Windsor engine assembly plant before the engie was sent to Hamtramck to be installed in a car.
Posted By: ScottSmith_Harms
Re: fuel pump painted engine color or not? - 10/29/11 02:52 AM
It could relate to may things, batch number, inspector, assembly person, etc. Or it could relate to the application similar to part/assembly numbers, TA/AAR, 4 speed/auto trans, etc.
Posted By: topside
Re: fuel pump painted engine color or not? - 10/29/11 04:54 AM
It's intriguing that the tag stayed on the motor, when it appears that someone installed headers. Wonder if it was some sort of Routing tag or delivery location?
Posted By: lahatte
Re: fuel pump painted engine color or not? - 10/29/11 05:14 AM
When was the car built? I wonder if the 147 could refer to a date, as in 14th day, month 7.
Posted By: ademon
Re: fuel pump painted engine color or not? - 10/29/11 06:56 PM
The way its punched out it almost looks like a shipping/routing card, maybe went on the container, rack, and even on a few engines inside the container/rack, doesn't look to me like it has anything to do with the engine itself. Just a wild guess..
Posted By: Alaskan_TA
Re: fuel pump painted engine color or not? - 10/29/11 07:09 PM
Car was built in April. Final assembly date on the engine is Feb. 17, 1970