1967 426 chrysler marine consumables

I finally started refurbishing this boat;


1967 riviera

Those aren't my photos, but from the fella I bought it from.   Rats had gotten into it, and chewed a bit of the wiring up.

I have pulled the engine to repair the structure stuff, and repair the wiring harness, and it is in remarkably good shape.

That being said, I am at a loss for where to source the "consumables", in particular, the fuel pump entrails, and the water pump impellers.

After I tested the fuel pump(removing the spark plugs, and spinning the engine, it didn't work), I pulled and disassembled it. The suction check valve was dirty, preventing the pump from working. Cleaning it up made it work. I had used ethanol free fuel, but sooner or later, that membrane is going to fail.

I am going to test the water pump in the same way, and have the same sourcing issue for the impeller.

Does anyone have a source for parts for these old marine engines?

Finally, there was fuel in the oil. I had thought that the fuel pump had failed(which is why I started there), but that wasn't the issue. Does anyone have guidance on how fuel could get into the oil.   I suspect that some cylinders weren't firing when the previous owner was messing with it, but it was about a quart overfull, and that seems like a lot.

Chris

Very cool boat... one of our friends has a similar boat in the Kansas City area. There were two water pumps used in the big block chryslers of that era. One is the sherwood d55 - it is still available new (but around $700 bucks) and uses easy to get sherwood 9959k and 10615k impellers. If you find you have the Jabsco pump instead i would have to physically dig out impellers to find the numbers but they were available a couple years back and likely still are...   I am not one to baby my raw water pumps, removing impellers in the winter, watching for priming issues at idle, etc - but if you have a Jabsco pump that would be an exception the impellers on that one were a bit on the "delicate" side.

Thanks for all the help. I will take some more pictures, and keep you all updated as I go.

Those links are exactly what I needed!

Sorry for the delay!

Chris