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    MEP-803 fuel pump Length discrepancy

    Normally when the engines go through the reman process, L-P (or if it were done by a civilian contractor) would affix a tag to the engine showing the bore change. At least, I've seen it... but like many resets, while they are all supposed to be done to a standard, thats not often the case.
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    MEP-803 fuel pump Length discrepancy

    Take a photo, someone may have wires available so you don't have to reinvent the wheel. Glad to see it was a ring issue :).
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    MEP-803 fuel pump Length discrepancy

    Yeah it is at the factory, but those steps should not need to be taken by an end user if just replacing worn items with new. Just a matter of paying attention to positions of items when removed. I assume due to the block being cast iron, this is just a low tech approach to tolerance variations...
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    MEP-803 fuel pump Length discrepancy

    Which was probably picked up from a typo from L-P. From their manual on this engine series:
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    MEP-803 fuel pump Length discrepancy

    Per the Lister Petter Alpha series workshop manual:
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    MEP-803 fuel pump Length discrepancy

    How did you remove the pump in the first place? Ideally you loosen the backing nut on the top FSS stop bolt, and adjust the bolt a little closer to the radiator (so the FSS can articulate more closed). With that done, the notches in the fuel rack armature line up better with the opening in the...
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    MEP-803 fuel pump Length discrepancy

    Have you taken the pump out to see if you can compress the spring by hand, to get any fuel out of it? It could be that the pump is stuck compressed, so no matter where the cam lobe falls, its not mechanically pumping.
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