Originally Posted by 300d 4 ME

Actually I have neither. My lift pump is the older style, with the external primer, it works just fine though.

I took a look at the pressure relief spring, it was a hair under 20mm. She needs stretchin a tad. That may be part of me problem.... I will still at least rebuild the lift pump, and install some motor mounts-its a great time to do it. Also some spring cleaning around it.

I still think there is more to it than that little spring...... A thought just hit me. When the car would clog it self a while back, the primer handle would not return...Once everything was clear-all was ok. Is that normal?