Posted December 12, 20213 yr comment_633047 Hi Friends I have mounted an electric fuel pump from Zcar Depot on my 240Z and would like to hear where you have take 12V from ? I hope it's possible to take it directly without any relay. Link to comment https://www.classiczcars.com/forums/topic/66147-12v-for-fuel-pump/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
December 12, 20213 yr comment_633049 The 240Z's all came with wiring for an electric pump in the wiring harness. The wires at the tank should be just hanging out of the same bundle as the fuel tank level sending unit. There's a plug up either under the console as shown in the picture in this thread I've linked or in a wire bundle wrapped in a naugahyde boot just in front of the console in the passenger foot well. My conversion to an electric fuel pump starts at post 52 in the linked thread. The plug should be wrapped in blue tape. A wire bridge on that plug will power the circuit for the fuel pump when the ignition is in the Run/Start positions. You should use something like an inertia switch in that jumper loop to cut power to the circuit in the event of a crash. Link to comment https://www.classiczcars.com/forums/topic/66147-12v-for-fuel-pump/#findComment-633049 Share on other sites More sharing options...
December 13, 20213 yr Author comment_633080 Hi w3wilkes Thanks for great supply and big knowledge, I will mount it tomorrow👍 Link to comment https://www.classiczcars.com/forums/topic/66147-12v-for-fuel-pump/#findComment-633080 Share on other sites More sharing options...
December 19, 20213 yr Author comment_633324 ....now the electric pump is mounted and then I will keep the mech.pump sitting on its place to keep the look original. Is that possible just to let it sit without dismantle some part from the pump or should I do something else? Sorry my bad english. Link to comment https://www.classiczcars.com/forums/topic/66147-12v-for-fuel-pump/#findComment-633324 Share on other sites More sharing options...
December 19, 20213 yr comment_633330 I think you can just leave it as is. When the dealership did the electric pump on my '73 they just left the mech pump in line. When I did the electric pump on my current car, I removed the mech pump. Link to comment https://www.classiczcars.com/forums/topic/66147-12v-for-fuel-pump/#findComment-633330 Share on other sites More sharing options...
December 19, 20213 yr comment_633333 Yeah I'd leave it too. That York compressor bracket is a huge pain to deal with just to get the pump off. Maybe cap the open IN and OUT holes with something though. Your electric pump probably had those rubber caps on it. Like these red ones. Edited December 19, 20213 yr by siteunseen Link to comment https://www.classiczcars.com/forums/topic/66147-12v-for-fuel-pump/#findComment-633333 Share on other sites More sharing options...
December 19, 20213 yr Author comment_633335 Thanks, I will let it be, take some spare Hose with me in the car if the electric pump should take a break one day. Link to comment https://www.classiczcars.com/forums/topic/66147-12v-for-fuel-pump/#findComment-633335 Share on other sites More sharing options...
March 23, 20223 yr Author comment_637606 Now it works great with the electric pump but after a ride today there was a mess with oil on the engine, filter, generator, the whole right side of engine and I discover oil is coming from the mech fuelpump, from a little hole on the side of lover body on fuel pump pointing backwards just beside of one of the screws which hold the pump to engine. I just left the mech pump on its place so it looks original. Why is there oil coming out from there? Link to comment https://www.classiczcars.com/forums/topic/66147-12v-for-fuel-pump/#findComment-637606 Share on other sites More sharing options...
March 23, 20223 yr comment_637607 Post a photo of where the oil is coming from. From Rockauto's website: It's been a year or so since I took one of these fuel pumps apart, but I see what almost looks like a weep hole in this view. Link to comment https://www.classiczcars.com/forums/topic/66147-12v-for-fuel-pump/#findComment-637607 Share on other sites More sharing options...
March 23, 20223 yr Author comment_637608 Hi Steve thanks for the picture. That little “mushroom” look a like, sitting near the hole for bolt to engine are obviosly missing on my pump because there are only a little hole where the oil is dripping from. Link to comment https://www.classiczcars.com/forums/topic/66147-12v-for-fuel-pump/#findComment-637608 Share on other sites More sharing options...
March 23, 20223 yr comment_637611 Again, please post a photo from your car. Maybe someone else understands what you are describing, but something is lost in the translation for me. Link to comment https://www.classiczcars.com/forums/topic/66147-12v-for-fuel-pump/#findComment-637611 Share on other sites More sharing options...
March 23, 20223 yr comment_637613 You could even draw on SteveJ's picture. Do something. There's a lot of different mushroom shapes out there. Might be that the diaphragm has blown and since there's no fuel passing through the pump it lets oil leak out. When fuel is flowing sometimes they leak fuel in to the crankcase. Link to comment https://www.classiczcars.com/forums/topic/66147-12v-for-fuel-pump/#findComment-637613 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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