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Old Aug 11, 2009 | 05:03 PM
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Honestly, I can't remember. I just found a tap that seemed to be a size larger than the holes and predrilled then tapped it. I bet if you do a search you can find some info on the subject. I think that there was a long discussion about it on 1stgen.org. Might try there. Sorry I'm not more help!
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Old Aug 11, 2009 | 05:05 PM
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Originally Posted by SkinnyBTN
Honestly, I can't remember. I just found a tap that seemed to be a size larger than the holes and predrilled then tapped it. I bet if you do a search you can find some info on the subject. I think that there was a long discussion about it on 1stgen.org. Might try there. Sorry I'm not more help!
Was it a NPT tap, or just a regular for example 1/4-20 tap. Thats probably too big, but just a straight thread?
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Old Aug 12, 2009 | 08:47 AM
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Don't remember exactly what thread it was in - but I read where several that have tapped the holes are using 1/4-20 screw ....
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Old Aug 12, 2009 | 09:23 AM
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I have no problem at all with the ball bearings, 4 pound drilling hammer and a punch.
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Old Aug 30, 2009 | 07:56 AM
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You can make the pin longer just grind a flat spot on the back side of fuel pin install it & turn it to where you want it works for me
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Old Aug 30, 2009 | 12:25 PM
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Originally Posted by sshort
You can make the pin longer just grind a flat spot on the back side of fuel pin install it & turn it to where you want it works for me
Wrong pin thread. This is referring to the afc guide pin, not the eccentric cone/pin.

BTW, don't use a cheap drill bit to build your longer guide pin. I did at first, the fuel cone was harder and I ended up with metal shavings inside the afc bore. It didn't even make a mark on the cone. Ended up getting lucky with an industrial VE pump I had laying around, it had a longer guide pin to begin with. I used it.
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Old Feb 16, 2010 | 12:37 AM
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gotta bring this to the top.

there seem to be a lot of you guys out there that are running an aftermarket fuel pin (M&H or Denny T II) and have noticed fuel leaking from the vent tube. from what i can understand, most people have come to the conclusion that the fuel pins have a deep enough cut that allow the AFC pin to travel far enough and let fuel leak past the o-ring that surrounds it. however, in my findings when i replaced that tiny o-ring, that AFC pin could be pushed to the back of the bore that the fuel pin resides in and i could not see daylight around the o-ring, nor did the pin fall out of it's resting place. now that doesn't necessarily mean fuel can't leak past the o-ring still. i replaced that o-ring back in december, installed an m3 fuel pin about 2 weeks ago and just 2 nights ago noticed that the same fuel leak was back. so my question to this and for all of those using aftermarket fuel pins, could the idea of making a slightly longer AFC pin remedy the fuel leak? or could the longer pin cause something to bind within the pump if the AFC foot is not ground?
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Old Feb 16, 2010 | 05:15 PM
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Originally Posted by bgilbert
Wrong pin thread. This is referring to the afc guide pin, not the eccentric cone/pin.

BTW, don't use a cheap drill bit to build your longer guide pin. I did at first, the fuel cone was harder and I ended up with metal shavings inside the afc bore. It didn't even make a mark on the cone. Ended up getting lucky with an industrial VE pump I had laying around, it had a longer guide pin to begin with. I used it.
yes iam aware of this just used the wrong words explaining
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