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Hopefully everyone realizes that you can no longer trust a new Carter fuel pump to put out the advertised fuel pressure. I went a few rounds with a new 6903, and can say that I'll never use one again unless I have a gauge and regulator in the system.
 
I'm beginning to thing there are parts of Holley that NEVER have been worth a crap ANOTHER ANNOYING STORY from the old days

In the 70's, stationed at NAS Miramar, San Diego, I had made friends with the then studying to be electrical engineer friend of mine, and we would be come friends to the end of his life.

Anyhow, he had bought a fancy chrome Holley mechanical pump. And I missed the fact that it failed and he replaced it. I probably blew past that and thought he was talking about the OEM pump and failed, and he replaced it with the Holley. THE ARM or THE ARM PIVOT broke.

Anyhow, I had a "second car," a was 426 64 Dodge 440 (body) and which I swapped a 40 into. I don't remember why, but I ended up putting a chrome Holley pump on it. I also had an electric pump on a toggle, that I could 'add.'

So here I was, near dark, with a flashlight in my mouth, on the side of one of the San Diego area freeways, trying to figure out why the thing would not pump. And, it was leaking. The arm had BROKE THE PIVOT AND RUPTURED part of the case, and was LEAKING FUEL, which I could smell. I had the alternator off, and was using some scrap hose to bypass the pump, to use the electric. A CHP stopped, talked a bit, and says, "well it looks like you know what you are doing" LOLOL ---after I assured him I'd be out of there in a few minutes, which I was.
 
67Dart273 said:
I'm beginning to thing there are parts of Holley that NEVER have been worth a crap ANOTHER ANNOYING STORY from the old days

In the 70's, stationed at NAS Miramar, San Diego, I had made friends with the then studying to be electrical engineer friend of mine, and we would be come friends to the end of his life.

Anyhow, he had bought a fancy chrome Holley mechanical pump. And I missed the fact that it failed and he replaced it. I probably blew past that and thought he was talking about the OEM pump and failed, and he replaced it with the Holley. THE ARM or THE ARM PIVOT broke.

Anyhow, I had a "second car," a was 426 64 Dodge 440 (body) and which I swapped a 40 into. I don't remember why, but I ended up putting a chrome Holley pump on it. I also had an electric pump on a toggle, that I could 'add.'

So here I was, near dark, with a flashlight in my mouth, on the side of one of the San Diego area freeways, trying to figure out why the thing would not pump. And, it was leaking. The arm had BROKE THE PIVOT AND RUPTURED part of the case, and was LEAKING FUEL, which I could smell. I had the alternator off, and was using some scrap hose to bypass the pump, to use the electric. A CHP stopped, talked a bit, and says, "well it looks like you know what you are doing" LOLOL ---after I assured him I'd be out of there in a few minutes, which I was.
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Your first sentence is on the money.
 
440 Mike said:
Hopefully everyone realizes that you can no longer trust a new Carter fuel pump to put out the advertised fuel pressure. I went a few rounds with a new 6903, and can say that I'll never use one again unless I have a gauge and regulator in the system.
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Yup! I’m using the 6903. I came out from lunch one day, normal drive, car wouldn’t start, took multiple tries but managed to limp it home, carb was leaking form the seal. Got another on warranty and now this one’s giving me issues. So 3rd one just showed up today. If this messes up I’m going to electric in tank.

And man I’ll tell ya, I’ve thought about EFI, I’m on the Holley Sniper Facebook page, those dudes have nothing but issues with those.
 

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