Classic Car Motor Assembly: Fuel Pump and Water Pump

Are you pumped? I'm pumped. Pumped for pumps. I'm pumped. Next thing we wanna do are the fuel pump and the water pump. And that's gonna really go along way toward wrapping up our work here on the engine. Fuel pump first, Brent. Give us a lowdown. We've got a shaft here some place. Yup. We've gotta have very, very important part is the fuel pump drive rod. The way this thing works is it slides down in to there. It rides on the cam, a cam lobe. Moves up and down. Push in that. And that's what makes the fuel pump, pump. So, we gotta put that in first. Take a little bit of assembly lube. Now one of the things that Brent and I have learned the hard way, is that you can make this a little bit easier, a little bit harder. Of course, there's a lobe in there. So, depending on the position of the lobe that affects the position of that shaft. The more it's projecting out the more it pushes on the bottom of the fuel pump. As this is in there, that lobe is pushing this way. And that's spring loaded. And it's spring loaded. If this lobe is all the way up, we're gonna push on this we won't be able to line the bolts up. So what we wanna do is make sure just turn that engine over. It's not gonna start is it? I don't think so. It's like my old tractor. This is how I started it. So, it's going down. All right. Right there is the lowest point on that on the cam lobe. So that's where we wanna finish putting this thing together. So, we need the plate. And all I'm gonna do to help on the alignment of the next step is finger tighten these. So that we have some wiggle room on that plate. Because there's some, adjustability there. So we wanna make it easy to get those upper bolts in. It's all you. Okay. All right. Let's dosey do a little bit so we can get a good look at the front for the... Water pump. All right. And that's a pretty darn easy one. Four bolts, two gaskets. One water pump. Now, sometimes there's things that get attached to water pumps on these bolts. This particular case there is not. So we're just gonna put that in. Maybe. Now, before we walk away. I hate to be obsessive compulsive. But this is killing me. They'll pop off. They just pop off when you straighten them out. Then we can realign them so that the heads are back in line with the valve cover itself. And it just looks a little cooler. Yup. All right. Pumps look great. Gasket head, good to go. We got fuel, we got water. We're ready to put a transmission on the back. Slip it in the car and get those motor mounts lined up. That is gonna be way cool.