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By 56_Fairlane - 11 Years Ago
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I've been trying to find a correct fuel pump for my 56 with 292 but most of them come up as AC branded. There are others that appear correct but are listed as truck pumps. Mine is missing the glass bowl on the bottom and uses a generic fuel filter but otherwise works fine.
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By carl - 11 Years Ago
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56_Fairlane (6/23/2014)
I've been trying to find a correct fuel pump for my 56 with 292 but most of them come up as AC branded. There are others that appear correct but are listed as truck pumps. Mine is missing the glass bowl on the bottom and uses a generic fuel filter but otherwise works fine.
If you just need a glass bowl for your pump let me know I probably have a extra one Carl
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By 56_Fairlane - 11 Years Ago
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The pump in my car looks like one found on a T-bird, the type without the filter.
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By paul2748 - 11 Years Ago
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Just what are you looking for? Do you need the dual diaphram type with the filter on the bottom? What is the problem with the AC pumps? If not, a FE pump with a filter (canister type) on the bottom will fit. Used in 360 CI pickups.
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By carl - 11 Years Ago
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56_Fairlane (6/24/2014)
The pump in my car looks like one found on a T-bird, the type without the filter.
The pump on my 56 was like the one you have and I changed the lower housing and used the glass bowl to make it original, if you want to change I have the spare parts to do it Carl
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By 56_Fairlane - 11 Years Ago
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paul2748 (6/24/2014)
Just what are you looking for? Do you need the dual diaphram type with the filter on the bottom? What is the problem with the AC pumps? If not, a FE pump with a filter (canister type) on the bottom will fit. Used in 360 CI pickups.
I have no problem with AC pumps as long as they are used on GM's.This is the type of pump I am looking for.
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By 56_Fairlane - 11 Years Ago
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[/quote]The pump on my 56 was like the one you have and I changed the lower housing and used the glass bowl to make it original, if you want to change I have the spare parts to do it Carl[/quote]
Carl, that's what I'd like to do if that's an option. Sending you a PM.
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By Hoosier Hurricane - 11 Years Ago
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The 50s Fords came factory equipped with AC pumps. AC may not have been a gm company then.
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By 56_Fairlane - 11 Years Ago
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And all this time I thought AC was a scrub part. I would have thought Ford's fuel pumps were made by Carter. I'm just used to seeing Motorcraft, Rotunda and Autolite as regular Ford components.
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By paul2748 - 11 Years Ago
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Ford used AC filters on all 55-57 Thunderbirds except for the 57 E and F Birds. AC was (and is) clearly marked on them. High end (Concours) Birds use AC filters.
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By MoonShadow - 11 Years Ago
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This got me thinking about AC. I remember a merger between AC and DELCO in the late 60's or 70's but a little search turned up this information. Apparently AC has been hooked up with GM for a long time. Chuck
Durant was fascinated when an inventor named Albert Champion gave an impromptu demonstration of a new low-cost kind of spark plug with a porcelain base. Durant immediately added Champion’s infant company to the growing General Motors family. In 1922, it was re-named AC Spark Plug Company and AC quickly became one of the industry’s most recognized aftermarket parts brands.
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