[Silly Little Cars] Fw: Re: Fuel Pump for Westward Go-4 Interceptor (HAL)

[miatav8 at earthlink.net]

I got the tank out and it was contaminated with water, probably since the go4 is missing a gas cap. The sender for the fuel level gauge and the fuel pump are both highly corroded. It is a mazda pump assembly and the pump and strainer look like standard 93 festiva parts. I bought a new pump and strainer advertised for a festiva for about $35 on Ebay today, along with a Sun fuel level sender for $20. The sender is probably not compatible with the brand of fuel level gauge I have but it is a standard 2" gauge hole. I'll just buy a Sun fuel level gauge for $20 when I get oil pressure and water temp gauges. Just needed a sender to fill the hole once the tank is clean.

Also fit a locking fuel filler by cross referencing Stant's catalog and taking some measurements. The unleaded restrictor plate was installed too close to the cap, so it had to be reworked with a unibit to clear the protruding end of the locking cap, after the tank was flushed and filled with water.

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>From: miatav8 at earthlink.net
>Sent: May 17, 2014 3:06 PM
>To: silly_little_cars at lists.sillylittlecars.com
>Subject: Re: Fuel Pump for Westward Go-4 Interceptor (HAL)
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>I just bought a 1993 GO-4 P35 basket case that I am working on this weekend and plan to pull the tank for cleaning and to replace the fuel lines. I'd use a standard replacement pump and sock filter for a ford aspire and adapt if it is different, but I'm a Master ASE and aircraft mechanic. I don't know how comfortable you'd feel adapting. The 96 parts manual on silly cars has a photo but it is really grainy.
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>Not all but most 90s and late 80s high pressure, return line fuel systems are bosch based and vary very little in operation and pressure, but you'd want to use a pump with a similar volume to the drivetrain it was designed for to minimize the amount of fuel circulating at idle and low speeds.
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>The sock filter varies between applications but an aspire tank is flat bottomed, just like the GO-4.
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>It seems odd that you'd need a pump. I drive an aspire and went about 200,000 miles before the fuel pump failed.
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