6 cylinder engine compartment detail

[Jerry P.]

Re: 6 cylinder engine compartment detail

Troy... agree with you thinking ref the 'clip"/fuel pump/filter... my 2 owner '54 ser 2042 never had one ..it has pump and filter together.... jer

[Troy P.]

Re: 6 cylinder engine compartment detail

Thanks for your input Jerry.

Anyone else have an experience to share?

[Troy P.]

Re: 6 cylinder engine compartment detail

Upon further rreflection I believe my theory that the clip has something to do with supporting the fuel filter is wrong.

The filter is right in front of the first carb and the clip is past the carb. The carb is hard bolted to the intake manifold and thus carries the load of the filter, along with the fuel line which runs past the front of the block. Anything past the carb would not share the load.

Furthermore, I suspect Mike's 2184, which has the clip, has a 4132 pump with the filter hard piped in. If so that would shoot down the theory that the clip may have only come on cars with the filter hanging on the fuel line.

So this takes me right back to the questions I've had in my mind for the past 8 months: a) What is the purpose of the clip?, b) Why is it found on so few cars?, c) Why is it not found in the parts book?