What is the best fuel pump for alternator to get?

[Jim Ed]

What is the best fuel pump for alternator to get?
I have a 1973 Beetle with alternator.
TIA!

[Glenn]

I have a Bocar and had it for years. Make sure you get one with the C clips on the pin.

[Jim Ed]

Go to http://www.ebay.de/
And enter:
1973 Käfer Kraftstoffpumpe
or
PIERBURG 7.02242.43.0 KRAFTSTOFFPUMPE BENZINPUMPE VW
or
VW 181 KAEFER TRANSPORTER T2 15 Cabriolet,Bus,Kasten » PIERBURG KRAFTSTOFFPUMPE
It looks like the shorty fuel pump that fits under the alternator. But then it might not fit.
Here is another I would choose first:
http://www.vwheritage.com/vw_spares_Fue ... try_GB.htm
It is described to fit underneath the alternator.

I was using a silver Bocar just like the one in the pic above.
It lasted a little over 600 miles which was a little over two years of driving for me.
Then it started leaking gas through the little hole on the front side onto the driveway.
Last month, July 2012, I installed another. It was the very same type. a silver Bocar fuel pump that I had bought for a spare.
Today it started leaking gas onto the parking lot. When I got it home I clamped the fuel hose going to the fuel pump with a pair of Vice Grips.
Today I ordered one of these:
http://www.vwheritage.com/vw_spares_Fue ... try_GB.htm
and 10 petrol hose clips 5mm I.D.
I will let you know how it works out.

[Jim Ed]

I was using a silver Bocar just like the one in the pic above.
It lasted a little over 600 miles which was a little over two years of driving for me.
Then it started leaking gas through the little hole on the front side onto the driveway.
Last month, July 2012, I installed another. It was the very same type. a silver Bocar fuel pump that I had bought for a spare.
Today it started leaking gas onto the parking lot. When I got it home I clamped the fuel hose going to the fuel pump with a pair of Vice Grips.
Today I ordered one of these:
http://www.vwheritage.com/vw_spares_Fue ... try_GB.htm
and 10 petrol hose clips 5mm I.D.
I will let you know how it works out.

I installed the vwheritage fuel pump like in the above link.
It performed really well. The fuel leak is still present. It leaks most right after the engine has been turned off.
I think the leak is under the left rear wheel well area.
I think I was wrong about the two silver Bocar fuel pumps that I mentioned.

[Jim Ed]

When I first noticed that leak my first impulse was that the leak was under the left rear wheel well area. The next morning when I got around to fixing it, for some reason I was sure that the leak was caused by a defective fuel pump.
After I installed two fuel pumps and the leak was still there,
I changed the stock 5 mm I.D. fuel hose that was under the left rear wheel well area to a
Gates® - Fuel Injection/MPI Hose
Part # 27094 1/4 Inch I.D.
http://www.oreillyauto.com/site/c/detai ... word=27094 .
This is a multi-fuel hose. I also think it will last longer than a stock hose because it is made better. I do not want to have to change the fuel hose under the Beetle every 3 years.
I also used special F.I. hose clamps that do not cut into the hose.
In the engine compartment I decided to continue using the stock braided German 5 mm I.D. hose because I like the looks and it is easy to change there.

I was using a silver Bocar just like the one in the pic above.
It lasted a little over 600 miles which was a little over two years of driving for me.
Then it started leaking gas through the little hole on the front side onto the driveway.
Last month, July 2012, I installed another. It was the very same type. a silver Bocar fuel pump that I had bought for a spare.
Today it started leaking gas onto the parking lot. When I got it home I clamped the fuel hose going to the fuel pump with a pair of Vice Grips.
Today I ordered one of these:
http://www.vwheritage.com/vw_spares_Fue ... try_GB.htm
and 10 petrol hose clips 5mm I.D.
I will let you know how it works out.

I installed the vwheritage fuel pump like in the above link.
It performed really well. The fuel leak is still present. It leaks most right after the engine has been turned off.
I think the leak is under the left rear wheel well area.
I think I was wrong about the two silver Bocar fuel pumps that I mentioned.

[volksbugly]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-QDI74acLY

[volksbugly]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-QDI74acLY

make sure your pressure is correct and you have sanded the plastic rod housing

[Ol'fogasaurus]

Remember to get a fuel pump rod to match the fuel pump. When I got my off-set fuel pump for an Alt I was told this by several people so I took their advice and had had no problems since then.