It can not go on the other way. It fits flat against the gear and is indexed on the same key way as the cam. There is a picture a few posts up.
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From the photos it does look like the eccentric is on backwards.
Pnora, it can still go on the other way, it just not indexed. The bolt used to mount it will be longer as well.
Timing cover should come off to see what's going on in there.
Pnora, it can still go on the other way, it just not indexed. The bolt used to mount it will be longer as well.
Timing cover should come off to see what's going on in there.
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Yep, you shouldn't be able to see the cam bolt.
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External old school mount, yes. That's why you put an in-tank unit in. Quiet as a mouse.
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Question? Why would you need an electric fuel pump for normal driving and the occasional trip to the strip?
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Great question. My main motive was cleanliness of the engine / engine compartment.
Mechanical is far more reliable for sure. But if I decide to go to injection I have the pump to handle it. Figured better to have the pressure and not need it than to need it and not have it.
If the electric one fails, I need to pull the tank. PITA. But at 1000 miles max on this car a year, I think I will outlive it. My son's problem after that.
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This is a pic of the cam gear / fuel pump drive, on my 77 318 engine. Number 1 piston, forward left hand side, is at TDC and the cam and crank markers are lined up. Cam chain is thrashed. This is all original never touched, but will be soon.
That chain is a slacker.
They did no install the eccentric and used a taller cupped washer to tighten the cam bolt. With an eccentric motor, the cam snout protrudes the cam gear by the eccentric thickness so a taller cupped washer is needed to remove the eccentric. A roller cam is flush with the gear so it uses just a tapered washer that flattens out.
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Thanks so much for the clarification. I will need to decide disassembly to place this part or do the research and go electric.
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