Fuel pump block plate?

[Rsgwynn1]

Does anyone make a block plate for the holes where the oem fuel pump goes?

 

[sunbeam74]

You are talking about the 4 cylinder, right?

I think the 1592cc motor has a blanking plate already for an alternative pump location.... I suspect somebody out there has a dead 1592 they can spare the blanking plate.

Or it isn't that hard to use the old pump face as a pattern and cut one out of aluminum.

Steve

 

[Rsgwynn1]

Sorry, I meant the 2.8.

 

[Jim E]

I used the gasket as a template and made one out of aluminium.

 

[Rsgwynn1]

Yes, I just did that as well. Hope .025 is thick enough. Used a good dose of gasket sealer with it.

 

[jumpinjan]

Yes, I just did that as well. Hope .025 is thick enough. Used a good dose of gasket sealer with it.

0.025"
I really doubt it, unless you meant 0.25"

 

[Rsgwynn1]

Maybe I should take the one I made to a machine shop and get a thicker one made. How thick?

 

[britbeam]

Maybe I should take the one I made to a machine shop and get a thicker one made. How thick?

1/4 " (.250) will be plenty thick but dont sweat it if your piece of donor metal is a little thicker. I made mine in the garage no machining neccessary.Sealant will take up any small defugleties.
Dwain V6 Krazy

 

[Jim E]

Yeah 1/4 or 5/16 some where around there just used a piece of scrap, a hack saw to rough the shape and a course file to fine tune it a bit then a finer file and once it was on the block and painted you can hardly even notice it.

 

[Rsgwynn1]

I found a heavy galvanized gate hinge in a box of my junk. One end of it was almost exactly the shape of one end of the block gasket--even had a 3/8 hole that was close enough to the M7 on the block, so I traced the gasket design on it and cut it with a cut-off wheel and some shaping work with the bench grinder. Looks pretty good and should be strong enough to hold any pressure this engine develops.

 

[db2.8]

Does anybody install a small piece of rod in the block and then put on the block off plate? I have read about people doing this. I believe it may help a loss in oil pressure. I am not sure if it applies to the 2.8.

 

[V6 JOSE]

Does anybody install a small piece of rod in the block and then put on the block off plate? I have read about people doing this. I believe it may help a loss in oil pressure. I am not sure if it applies to the 2.8.

Hi Dennis,

I have never put the rod back in, and have never had a problem with oil pressure. I think the rod gets lubricated from splash that lubricates the cam and runs down the rod bore. This rod rides on a cam eccentric and is lubed like the lifters are.

Jose