How to pull a SPICA pump


The easy way!

Now anyone can pull a SPICA pump the EASY 1in5 WAY! Just follow these simple directions (most of which I've cribbed from the outstanding Alfa Romeo Bulletin Board . )
What you'll need:
Everything you own tool wise that says 10mm on it.
17mm open end or hose wrench
14mm sockets and open end wrenches
Hat
Old school punk rock on the garage stereo system (optional, but Australian bands work best, esp. Radio Birdman and The Saints) .

How to do it.
Put on the hat. It will absorb your sweat.
Pull the radiator. It's easy to do (drain, undo hoses, four shroud bolts and two bolts up top), adds light and makes everything more accessible.
Undo the brackets, the fuel lines, and other obvious electrical connections to the pump.
Remove the cover to injection pump pulley. Marvel at your wisdom in removing the radiator.
Line up the injection pulley timing mark with the crank timing mark (as described in Braden's Bible )
Loosen the 17mm nuts that connect the steel lines to the injectors.
Remove the 6 10mm nuts that hold the upper part of the pump to the lower part.
Wriggle the top part of the pump off, watching so as you don't twist your fuel lines.
Remove the nuts holding the base of the pump (including the injection pump's oil filter). Braden complains that these are tough, but they are easy if you pull the top part of the pump off.
Wriggle the base part of the pump off.
Doff hat from head, and use forearm to wipe sweat from brow.
Stand back, and whilst standing in the pool of varnishy oil, marvel at the miracle of analog fuel injection.

See! It's easy!

And, so as not to keep the esteemed reading audience in suspense, I called Centerline on Wednesday and I'm going for the Webers. Insane? Yes, but there you go.
I also heard back from Marco at the Alfa Archives. My GTV was born on April 24, 1972 and sold in Englewood Cliffs, NJ. Hawthorne white with black interior.
(So the seats aren't original. Where did they come from?)

Posted: Sat - August 12, 2006 at 02:03 PM           |

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