ghostlymoron
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Or fit an outboard type bulb for priming?
I'd change those for allens.Here's a pic of my water pump
Access is from a small hatch in the cockpit floor or by crawling through the heads and reaching round the back of the engine. The linkage to the gearbox prevents me from getting a normal screwdriver on the coverplate screws but a 'stubby' will get it but you can't put much force on it. The shape of the casing makes it impossible to get a socket on the bolts holding it to the engine and I can only get an open ended spanner on them at an angle. It seems impossible to apply enough force to shift the as I am hampered by the gearbox linkage and the throttle cable. Grrrrrrrrrrr
I'd change those for allens.
And get a fair bag of spares....
Or studs and wing nuts.
Do you know where I can get 5/32" unf Allens?
Go to a good fixings stockist - there are a couple in Telford, just use Yellow Pages and the phone.
Of course the alternative to a lift pump that runs continuously is a 'day tank' gravity feeding the injector pump.
Very reliable, gravity.