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Old 11-05-2020, 05:36 PM
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If you want to just FIX the problem, get yourself a bolt that is slightly smaller in diameter than the 5/16 bolt and about an inch longer than your old bolt. Insert a length of dental floss string into the bad hole and back out the fuel pump lever hole. Tie the string to the bolt a few threads from the end and pull the bolt back out of the bad hole. Thread the string through the pump hole to hold the bolt in place as you mount the pump. Put a nut on the bolt end, remove the string and add a couple more nuts to serve as "jam nuts" and tighten nuts to secure pump. I've done this more than once and it works fine. I'll bet a bunch of guys on this board have done this too!

If it is a "show car", follow Tom's advice!

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