SebastienPeek wrote:So in other words I'm most likely going to have to grab a new fuel pump linkage.
Unless of course, my engine originally had an alternator, albeit I don't know what year a 1500sp would have had an alternator, did it ever?
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The fuel pump linkage is a part of your carburetor. You can't change or modify it because you will alter the amount of fuel it squirts when depressed. Hence why I modified my alternator. You might also have to buy a different main fuel pump. Most places sell a slightly different one for clearance. I had no issues with the old fuel pump but clearance was very close.
Here are some pictures of what I had to do.
Here is a picture of the carby and alternator before I ground the housing. You can see the fuel pump linkage. It is sticking out of the lower right had side of the carby. The pump rod attaches to this and runs towards to front of the carb. When you depress the accelerator this linkage rotates backwards and down, straight into the alternator housing.
The next picture is looking down from above. You can see the section I ground out to clear the linkage.
This picture also shows how close the top of the fuel pump and alternator are, they are almost touching.
I don't know if you will have any of these issues whatsoever, I'm just sharing the problems I encountered. Engine was a single port so that might of been part of the issues with the centre flange on the manifold not being far enough to the left. I think that the twinport stuff is different and there's plenty of room between carby and alternator.
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