How to, Small block Chevy fuel pump installation tips and tricks.
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Thanks for a simple helpful video you got my sub!
Awesome!
Good tip on the bolt!
TH-cam, send this man one of those TH-cam trophies. Good video. Thanks man.
🤣🤣🤣🤣, best comment ever!
@SquarebodyStuff I think my mechanical fuel pump is making a ticking noise like a lifter. I'm changing it out tomorrow.
Dude you have just saved me from throwing a wrench at a window. I need to replace the fuel pump on my 85 K5 Blazer. I wish I would have found your channel a lot sooner! Keep up the great work dude.
Awesome. Glad I could help.
I got an 85 k5 as well, I’m thinking my fuel pumps bad because my carb isn’t getting any fuel. Just put a new sending unit, tank, and fuel lines in as well as a fresh rebuilt q-jet. Thing still isn’t starting 😂
I just fought with this a bit. This would of helped some. But I found a small brass sleeve broken in a few pieces laying behind the plate that is between the FP and the block. Still unsure what its from.
Thanks again Chad! As you know ill be doing this soon. Was wondering how easy it is. I figure id get this knocked out in 30minutes now thanks to your videos.
Worst part is getting to it if it's in the vehicle.
Nice tip. I've probably replaced 8-10 of these over the years and always had a time keeping that rod in place.
Love it! I watched 3 videos before this one and they were using saw blades, needle nose pliers, etc. Your way rocks!
Thanks. I try to work smarter, not harder.
Sawblade works every time. I just did one last week in a tall 81 GMC in the vehicle..... without removing ANYTHING besides the two bolts.
So glad I seen this, new fuel pump has been sitting waiting for me to throw it on. Getting too close to snow now, got another month left then ill probably just pull the engine out learn how to rebuild it. Lucky for me i have some friends to help me out when I need it. Little tricks like these get branded onto my brain.
Thanks Grizzly Adams. That was the BEST tutorial on this subject. Watched 3 others until I seen yours. It was by Far the BEST and most descriptive to do what I need to do. A friend of mine asked me to do his today. I live in AZ he in Oregon. He's coming home soon and wanted to know if I would instead of his brother and his friend. Told him I'd go on youtube to find out. You fixed my problem so to speak. Thanks.
Your welcome, glad it helped out. Thanks for the comment.
Brother, this came to me at 6AM this morning. Couldn't explain the mess on the drinker's side under load, After I replaced the timing cover seal and gasket etc. You just confirmed where my mystery mess is coming from. Keep you posted .
Great video. I’m about to clean up a fuel pump, grease the rod, and install new hoses. The bolt tip is what I needed.
This has been the best video I’ve seen on how to keep the pushrod in place
Thanks
GREAT VID, one of the best explanations on the tube, short and sweet but thoroughly complete,,,,,,,,,thanks for sharing
Thanks, I appreciate that.
GREAT TIP. I showed my S-I-L watched your video along with the TIP you told us and he didn't do that.
WHAT AN UNNECESSARY JOB!!
DO WHAT HE SHOWS YOU.
I have Liked and subscribed.
Great explanation. That's basically what I told my friend but he's afraid to do it. I have to help and old friend with his 67 Chevelle with a 327.
Thanks, I hope he gets it going.
Thanks for the tip on the anchor bolt. It saved me a ton of time.
Good job! About time somebody brought up the use of that bolt to hold up that push rod! I just watched a video on another guy that was ASE certified and was fighting with a saw blade to hold the pushrod up, please! This is the right way to do it! I used to have an 81 Chevy Malibu that I used that bolt and it worked. Now my dad has a 78 Chevy with a 350 also, and we’re going to have to fight to get the push right up there because apparently the previous owner said the old cam lobe was supposed to have wore down and the fuel pump doesn’t work anymore but my dad wants to put one on just in case, just to check it. We’re probably going to wind up with electric fuel pump I think. Even my buddy who’s shop that we’re using has never even heard of this trick! It works! Good job
Thanks.
THANK YOU BOSS ! Getting ready to change my SBC fuel pump, so glad I watch / listen to your teaching first.
You're welcome. Worst part about it is getting to them if they're in the vehicle.
After 3 days of fighting to stick my fuel pump back in I gave up. Looked up and found your video. You helped me put it back on in 5 mins. That sneaky bolt in the hole trick worked. Thank you sir!
You're welcome. Glad to help.
I had to admit, I took the pump off three years ago, got frustrated trying to get that bolt up and make it stay up. I wish i had seen this first.
I will say this: it took a quarter of the time replacing the fuel pump in my 73 F-600, than it did on the 77 350 Im putting in my 83 C10.
The part that held me up was the push rod, and if I’m looking up a video on how to do something, I’ve been at it for a couple house 😅. It’s insane how manufactures engineered in a way to make the pushrod hold in place, and I even looked at that bolt and thought “damn, if only I could use that hole to hold the rod in place, it’s in the right spot to do it” not knowing that’s what you were supposed to do.
After finding you do it, I only watched up to the bolt holding in the pushrod, but it’s all I needed and helped me greatly.
You are the man. I'm looking at a 1978 c60. Seller starts when pour gas into carb. So I'm looking at fuel pumps. So here I am
I'm glad to help out
Great tip worked like a dream. I was dreading changing this agains from the last time I did it. But with this tip I will do it again and again. Thank you very much sir
You're welcome. I'm glad it helped out.
Working on my 79 Scottsdale this morning that I found has a pump leak. Video was very helpful.
used your bolt trick and it worked like a gem when trying to reinstall the pump, great vid!!! thanks
Glad it helped
Great explanation of this old school tip. I'm enjoying your videos!
Thanks. I didn't know about this. Lined up wrong. Not going together good. Lol.
I have ran those engines for years before I learned about the TDC to get the rod in easy. but using the bolt to hold the rod up is new to me, nice.
Just got a 86 305 in dire need of a fuel pump, you are a lifesaver my friend
Glad I could help
Quick and easy. Thanks for a good job explaining the how to.
Thanks. I'm glad it helped. Never thought this video would go over so good. I remember telling my wife when she asked what my new video was about. I told her it was just a boring how to video that probably won't get 50 views.😂😂
Great video... That bolt might be the cause of my oil leak...
Thanks. It's easily over looked.
Great video! Watched a few others but this was was very informative!
Thank you. Great tips and videos
Thank you for your videos! There very helpful. I knew about the using a bolt to hold fuel pump shaft but the actual fuel pumps bolt is smart. I’ll use that next time thanks
Thanks. Using that bolt keeps ya from forgetting to pull it out and wrecking the pump pushrod.
Very helpful tip! Thanks for sharing! I'm new to this channel but I'm very glad I subscribed!
Hell yeah boy. That’s good stuff to know I’m actually building a 350 now everything is new all arp fasteners and primarily edelbrock everything else using an fittings for the first time I’m excited.
Wow thanks for the tip. I helped my father in law when we replaced mine on my truck but that was 15+ years or so ago and I am pretty sure he used a screw driver to hold it up. Haven't done one since. I knew about the hole and holding the pushrod. Never had someone explain it and to say use the fuel pump hold down bolt to jam the rod before you pull the pump totally off!!
Awesome! Great explanation. Going to try this on my 66 327 and see how it goes.
Thanks and good luck.
This video really came in handy yesterday! Thank you Chad!!
I'm glad it helped out.
Genius! Thanks brother
Thanks for the tips! On my 77 Cheyenne I had the smog pump in the way so I couldn’t do your trick unless I removed the smog pump and brackets. So I took off the fuel pump and the plate behind it. Then took out the shaft bolt and coated it with tacky grease and shoved it back in to hold it from sliding down. Then put the backing plate in then the fuel pump and it worked. Thank you.
That's another good way to do it.
Mine just went out on the way to work. Was dreading doing this until watching your video
With a full tank how much of a gas mess am I looking at while replacing
Great advice ... Thanks for making the video
You're welcome, thanks for watching.
Thank you man I appreciate the video
Tried it and it worked!! thanks for the tip
Awesome, glad it worked for you.
Thanks, great video.
You're welcome, and thank you.
Great video and thanks for the tip with the bolt!
You're welcome
I thought about bumping the engine since it was giving me fits, then voila!! your tip was the best ever! and there was no small bolt in the hole. (there is now) thank you very much.
You're welcome.
Thank you, sir
That's a good tip.
Good explanation. Thats a good old trick!
Thanks 👍
Thank you for the help
You're welcome.
Great tip! Thank You Much!
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks for the tips!
You're welcome. Thanks for watching
You sir are a genius, I was using a portion of a hack saw blade to keep up the push rod while trying to maneuver the fuel pump on with gasket and bolts, I mean I can do it but it was tight, tedious, and time consuming .... no fun, the bolt tip you provided us with is a game changer. If my boat blows a fuel pump on the water I now feel confident that I can swap a replacement pump in even in harsh waves.
Thanks, but I wasn't the pioneer of using the bolt. I believe GM had a sharp engineer that figured that truck out for us. I'M just passing info on that was handed down to me by some old gearheads. I used to fight them too until I was shown how to utilize what GM provided for us.
Great advice! I am about to shoot a video of the fuel pump replacement on my Vette
Damn good video! I been working on smal blocks for years and I never new about that bolt to hold that push rod on place.
Thank you for your video it helped me a lot to change my gas pump on my 82 Trans Am 👍🏻
You're welcome. Glad to help out.
Great way to do this.. thanks so much
You're welcome.
This helped a lot, finally got my 71 Venturas coolant leak dealt with and then the pump started leaking lol
Cool! I never knew about holding that fuel pump push rod with the bolt from the fuel pump.
Thanks very professional
Thank you
Great explanation man thanks
Thanks
the ONE AND ONLY... great vid !! no other vid description explaining the rod to cam shaft relationship... and the dang ol' ' little bolt ' being and oil plug...!!
and yes, the passenger side was super caked... and ofcourse, never put anything in dry...!! 78 SBC C35 DUALLY STOCK W 78K w 4sp Muncey
THANX, form North Idaho !! Keep Them Squares Runnin' !!
Thanks
Thanks brother
Thanks man! I have used the bo 10:52 lt in a the front of the motor but never thought about the pump bolt. I used a wooden dowl held in place by the short one.
Heard about this and thought it was an Urban Legend now I've seen the process 😂
Anyhow, about to tackle mine now.
Good luck.
Thanks for the info brother
You're welcome
Thank you for your video really good explanation
You're welcome, thanks for watching
Great video. I'm about to replace the fuel pump on my '63 Impala and your tip should help a lot. I know it's going to be hard to reach, but willing to give it a try. Thank you. I have subscribed.
Thanks. Hope it helps out
Great video thank you so much
Thanks and you're welcome
Haven't even watched the video but you got a new sub. I see square footage and I subscribe 👍
Thanks.
When l install the new pump l slide a hacksaw blade between the fuel pump arm & the push rod. Once you get the pump in position and the 2 bolts started pull out the blade & tighten the bolts.
Thx 👍
You the man👌
Thank you.
Much appreciate this video.
I’m slowly but surely learning my own vehicles and how to work on em and this helped me
Currently restoring a 79 bonanza
You're welcome, glad to help out
@@SquarebodyStuff yessir, hey can I lube the arm with oil or just fuel? I don’t have anything you said
Oil will be fine
@@SquarebodyStuff truck is up and running again and feels more steady now on the go pedal since installing the fuel pump. Idk if it’s just me or if it made a diff too that. Who knows lol
Thanks man,
First guy who explained that the push rod have to be all way up, so the fuel pump arm come under the push rod
I appreciate it, thanks for watching.
@@SquarebodyStuff we all started as a greenhorn 🤣
Thank you
You're welcome
Super helpful. Wish me luck!
Take your time and have fun with it.
@@SquarebodyStuff Thanks man I surely will!
‘78 C25. Was the Old Man’s. 4 speed manual. Sat for thirteen PNW winters courtesy of…well any it’s a labor of love. Lotsa rust but it’s a runner usually.
What chef the whole video thank you got it
Hello from San Luis Potosí México thank you for you video Sr help me a lot i ready suscribe thank you again have wonderful day
Thanks for subbing.
Perfect video. Not to much info that it makes it unfollowable. And all the right info to do what i need to do. Good job! I gave a follow and on IG also. I’ll be checking out the rest of your videos! Keep up the good work!
Thanks. Not all my videos are straight to the point, I tend to ramble on some of them 😂😂😂.
Good video. I did not know about that pushrod hold point or rotating the engine to #1TDC. Thanks
Thanks, and you're welcome.
Awesome help. Thanks.
No problem
By the way..ive never had a chance to ever do a fuel pump job(I'm 55yrs old)🤪until today. Couldn't figure out why it was so hard to bolt back on...lol...now I know...🤙
Glad to here this video helped. Never once thought this video would help so many. Thanks for the feedback.
That's a great tip, I have been working on older cars for a long time and I did not know about that, that just makes installation so much easier, I used to just try to push the rod up with my finger and quickly put in the pump, this is surly way much better. 🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕
Thanks for the tip, fuel pump started leaking in my 1986 winnebago 454 big block, didn't know how to deal with the push rod being a ford guy... 😀
Great vid
Thanks
Gotta kick out your video, as a mechanic and generator mechanic for almost 40 years sometimes I need a refresher on what I'm working on. I'm putting my old 77 Camaro dirt race car back together after sitting for 20 years. I knew about the short bolt to hold the fuel pump push rod trick but didn't know putting #1 cylinder TDC on the power stroke was the peak low spot for the cam driving the fuel pump. Good stuff. Also had a good laugh when you explained why to use the right-side FP bolt to hold the push rod. So, you don't forget that bolt when you start it up. LOL Thanks for the refresher.
I'm glad you enjoyed it. Using the fuel pump mount bolt was a hard lesson learned before I started doing it. It only took one galled pump rod to come up with that somewhat failsafe trick. I will admit there has been a time ore two I searched all over for the missing bolt only to realize I had it holding the rod in place.
@@SquarebodyStuff I just finally finished installing the fuel pump, ( I got detoured into cleaning and painting the pump, the only reason I took it off was all the welding and metal work on the front after getting crashed last time out racing. :))I found on my particular block the standard thread length on 3 1/2" 3/8 NC bolt wasn't quite long enough to hold the FP push rod. Took me awhile to find some 3/8 all thread to do the job. I also add a copper washer and a little Permatex Ultra Black to the threads on the short bolt to block the push rod access hole. To insure, if there is an oil leak it isn't from there. LOL I'll have to check out some more tips from you. Have a great day.
I'm glad you got it done, I hope some of my other videos might help out, or at least be worth watching.
@@SquarebodyStuff Thanks, when I get it track ready, I should send you a pic of my car. Many more steps to go.
You bet, I'd love to see it
Great Video, cant wait to replace mine on my 77 Monte Carlo called “LoKa Landau” 👌🏻
Thanks. It's not to bad of a job.
Damn thank u for the tip !
You're welcome
Like this vid. Also would like to thank you. I had a rebuilt on my 73 GMC c3500. I when ahead and had it done because she was leaking more oil then a 2 year old kids with diarrhea. The shop did an terrible job and was stalling. I noticed there was a bracket installed by the fuel pump the was holding nothing, I'm not a mechanic but know a little. Anyways, when I seen your vid and the part when you used a bolt to hold the fuel pump rod in place to change the pump. I remembered and thought of that bracket. So I removed the bracket and wouldn't you know the truck started and stayed running. The joy I have. Because I did it myself and was thinking about selling the truck. Thinking now if I did gets me T'd off, if I did. The truck isn't pretty but she has a 454 and can move faster then a Somalian with a lunch ticket. Thank you Sir and hope you and fam are well.
I'm glad my video helped out.
Great video .. grasias maestro ... 👍🙏👽✝️♥️
You know the funny part to all of this is that my fuel pump went out on me yesterday lol. So thank you I will try it today thanks
Good luck. Other than reaching it, it's a pretty simple job.
Thank you ‼️🇺🇸👍🇲🇽‼️
Thanks 🙏 sir 💯
You're welcome.
My fuel pump is leaking.,
Hope its that easy for me when i do it on my boat thanks for the input
Wish you the best of luck.
You saved me a lot of aggravation with that bolt trick! Thank you for that! I have only one GM 350 V8 and I was wishing I was working on something else! One note however....on my truck that bolt at the front of the block goes through the front engine mount....so a longer bolt is necessary. The fuel pump bolt won't quite make it.
Glad it helped.
Dude! I just came across this video. Having a problem with my 70 Chevelle leaking oil like an MF er. Shores anything the bolt is missing. There’s actually two on my 396. I just ordered a new fuel pump and plan on getting some half-inch by 3/8 bolts. Seriously thank you.
Do you know where they'd have the bolt at?
Any local hardware store should have what you need.3/8×16 bolt 3/4" long will work.
love me some square bodies I drive a square body wrecker everyday bought another square body put an engine and transmission in it tomorrow I'm going to buy another square body woohoo
I don't know that three is going to be enough though
Never enough 😂😂😂
If only had i known of this before removing my fuel pump 😓
Great