Fuel Pump

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The fuel pump is located on the right side of the engine block.

Note that early A-series and late A-series fuel pumps differ:

Repair

The original fuel pump is easy to repair. You can generally take them apart, clean it, then put back together using the original gasket.

Electric Fuel Pump

An electric fuel pump can be fitted if the stock mechanical pump goes bad.

Advantage:

• Easy to troubleshoot
• Primes the carb fuel bowl

Disadvantage

• Extra wire needed
• Noisy

Nissan

Stock on 1982 Datsun 720 pickup with air conditioning:

Rockauto.com

• Nissan type "Transistor"

  

  PN 17010-A7600

• Nissan

  

Aftermarket

EFI Fuel Pumps

Electronic Fuel Injection generally requires a medium-pressure or high-pressure pump. For details, see:* Search for: Engine Swaps for various engine types

• EFI for A-series engine

Part Numbers

17010-H6225