fuel pump

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My top tank kept running dry and I assumed it was the fuel pump. Was about to replace it when a person on this forum cautioned me about something. He told me that on some Ercoups there is a shut off valve on the passenger side right where the passenger  would have his right foot but just under the  flap. I looked, and sure enough my passengers right foot hade pressed down on the fuel shut off lever with his right foot shutting of the feed to the top tank! smoking  Hope this helps someone. Larry Mccartin  N93436  Grants, New Mexico
 

One option is to secure it open with copper safety wire, in an emergency it can be easily broken to turn off the fuel valve
 

My top tank kept running dry and I assumed it was the fuel pump. Was about to replace it when a person on this forum cautioned me about something. He told me that on some Ercoups there is a shut off valve on the passenger side right where the passenger  would have his right foot but just under the  flap. I looked, and sure enough my passengers right foot hade pressed down on the fuel shut off lever with his right foot shutting of the feed to the top tank! smoking  Hope this helps someone. Larry Mccartin  N93436  Grants, New Mexico

I keep an FPA 28/29 kit from Then and Now on hand, in case the diaphragm fails. I still buy the gaskets from Aircraft Spruce for the pump AD compliance. The AS gaskets are higher quality.

are you sure it is the pump and not the float ?
There are no "official" kits, at least those available to us mere mortals, That pump originally came from a 34 Buick, Check out then and now automotive,

I have a Continental C-75 in my Ercoupe. The fuel pump is weak--it can keep up at 1/2, but it cannot get the float to the top of the indicator. Float is OK, visual check in fuselage tank reveals level below overflow tube. Can the pump diaphragm be replaced? Or?

Thanks, Don