Not too bad. Do they look factory bought? No. But it doesn't matter they will be under my car under a shield holding a fuel pump. Most importantly I don't want them to rust. I took some one inch steel stock and beat these into shape using a hammer, vice, 2" pipe and various other tools. I used some JB Weld to weld my pulley back onto my drill press because I can't find replacement parts. Works pretty good. In fact, better than before.
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Yesterday I finally decided to buy some supplies to make the fuel pump bracket that is missing. The only steel I had available is a bit thick for the purpose, but I need to use what I have. My first plan was to buy a piece of exhaust pipe, slice it and weld some mounts to it. That turned out to be too difficult for me to bother and I went with bending the stock I had around a pipe I found laying in my woods. The pipe happened to have the same diameter that I needed to seat my fuel pump! Excellent bit of luck. Here are some shots of the first half of the bracket. I need to make the second half, drill it and then sandblast it. Seeing as my drill press is out of commission at the moment, I'll have to head to my friend's shop to do a bit of drilling. Hopefully it all fits in well. It's not perfect but it will safely hold my fuel pump.
So I need to put my fuel pump and filter back into place and finish running hoses. It turns out that I'm missing a bracket for the fuel pump. I have the shield but nothing to mount the actual pump to the body. I went to my local NAPA and another parts store to find that there are no generic brackets for such a situation. Thanks to the wonderful world of online shopping I can choose from numerous vendors who supply something similar. I'm going to browse the net and see if I can find something in my price range or I'll just fabricate the part myself. It won't be too hard, I just need to buy supplies. |