What Causes Fuel Pump Tick? - Ford FE Engine

When I bought my 65 Thunderbird hardtop, the engine was ticking, it sounded like a lifter tick, but it was just the fuel pump, and in this video I find out what caused the fuel pump ticking sound.

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[walterjoncas]

Hello Alvin: I have a spare pump out of our 64 T-Bird similar to the one you partially disassembled. The pump was working fine when I removed it. I installed a electric fuel pump along with other changes to minimize vapor lock issues in hot weather. After removing the old pump, I blocked off the opening with a fuel pump block off plate from a Chevy 427 I had on the shelf. Fits perfectly. Always fun taking old stuff apart. By the way, that (broken) spring size and strength determines the fuel pressure.
Thanks for sharing your adventures.
Walt

[stephenmoore]

Thanks again. I never took one of those old pumps apart to see what was in them. They conveniently would fail if you ran out of gas, but then again you did’t have to Mortgage your house and take the tamk out to replace them either. As usual I enjoyed watching you work!

[joernone]

Alvin,
Good video, my friend. The rip and tear types are the best ones. I did wonder what was beyond the tip of the fuel pump lever, but was too lazy to tear apart the messed up one that came with Pearline. I just slapped on a new one and continued to march.
Btw...we all know you ran that filter through the dishwasher before opening the cannister and feigning surprise. 🙄
Regards,
John

[sizzle]

Yep I never had one apart either, knew the principle of it’s working. But once it leaked out the weep hole, and usually it was along side a road, so curiosity usually was over ran with being hyper pissed off at the situation. Lol
Thank for the insight

[gwolfe]

The fuel pump on my '65 Falcon had the integral filter canister and a bolt-together housing making it easy to rebuild.

[mcrick]

Interesting, Be watching for a look at the power steering pump if or when you get there

[WildWestGarage]

Years ago I had the same thing go wrong on a small block Chevy 350. I was 19 and inexperienced, thought I had a rod knock so I replaced all the rod bearings with the engine still in the car. The bearings were down to copper so it wasn’t a complete waste of time.

[vintagethunderbirdrepair]

Very interesting. Ive never seen the inside of one either, no need to ever take one apart when you can buy a new one fairly cheaply. I guess Id buy them from Airtex back in the day. Thanks Alvin.

[servicetechnician]

Hello Alvin. That was very interesting seeing how it works. I don't remember a spring in the canister with the filter. Sorry you had to go back to work. Was kind of getting spoiled with your many videos.
George B.

[rciancia]

Very cool video Alvin. I believe the AAC1801 is a replacement from Advanced Auto

[kayeninetwo]

Interesting. The filter on my old (and probably original) '65 pump was just as clean as yours. My car had a new gas tank installed not too long before I bought it, so the filter cleanliness might've been related to that (Someone cleaned the fuel pump filter after installing the replacement tank, which seems like a reasonable thing to do.) But yours is clean too. Nevertheless, my pump had to be replaced, despite it's cleanliness. It wasn't pulling or pushing gas, and a new pump fixed that.

I'll be very interested tot see the door panel video. Mine are shot, too. Same color as yours, as well.

[stevenz]

Hi Alvin, the spring in with the fuel filter is that original? The two fuel pumps I've had don't have a spring in there.

[londoncity]

Very interesting. Ive never seen the inside of one either, no need to ever take one apart when you can buy a new one fairly cheaply. I guess Id buy them from Airtex back in the day. Thanks Alvin.