Leather Thermoquad accelerator pump

[lemondana]

Anyone use leather accelerator pumps in their TQ's? Are they better that the rubber ones? I'm putting together a TQ with an old Tomco carb kit, it has the leather pump-it's nice and soft. Does a person put any lube like oil or WD40 on the leather? Thanks in advance!

 

[mopar head]

Last kit I put in it said to soak it in oil, spread it a little, couple hours would be fine.

 

[Bewy]

I prefer the leather pump. They seal better for instant pump shot. I was unable to find one for a TQ a few weeks back so I modified an AVS version to work in the TQ. Put some ATF on the leather.

 

[RustyRatRod]

They work fine. I always used transmission fluid to soak it in, but most any oil would be fine, I'm sure.

 

[rumblefish360]

It’s amazing how organic material can be so resilient.
They were used as stock parts from early on and lasted a very very long time. The leather seal seams to go bad when it’s not used. Like many other parts of a car that sits for a long time.