I am looking for the round screen mesh filter that sits on the top of a 54 Ford/Merc fuel pump right under the glass dome.Anyone have one ?  Or a 54 fuel pump for parts with this piece.?

Any one with a stock 54 - can you take a pic of this piece  on your pump

Thanks for any help


54 Victoria 312;  48 Ford Conv 302, 56 Bird 312
Forever Ford
Midland Park, NJ

56 Vic, B'Ville 200 MPH Club Member, So Cal.

Paul, I have a fuel pump that still has the screen, but it is a brass screen and has turned green.  If you don't find one, let me know and I'll soak this one in vinegar and see if it will clean up.  I think it is a '55  pump, but the screen should be the same.

John - "The Hoosier Hurricane"

John - thanks.  But the 55 pump is a whole different pump than a 54 ( a one year only pump) .  The screen I am looking for is a flat tepee like metal mesh that snaps on the top of the pump under the glass dome.

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54 Victoria 312;  48 Ford Conv 302, 56 Bird 312
Forever Ford
Midland Park, NJ

Dry Lakes - is the pic's from a 54 pump?  The one I'm looking for is a flat tepee like mesh screen that fits on the very top of a 54 pump (a one year only design) and is the only filter I know of (haven't pulled the pump apart).


54 Victoria 312;  48 Ford Conv 302, 56 Bird 312
Forever Ford
Midland Park, NJ

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56 Vic, B'Ville 200 MPH Club Member, So Cal.

Paul, I don’t know. The diaphragm is a lot smaller than the one on my 56; but looks the same and did not have a vacuum assist section. It’s in a box with no numbers so I was just guessing it might be a 239-255.

56 Vic, B'Ville 200 MPH Club Member, So Cal.

Thanks to those who responded.  I got the information I was looking for.


54 Victoria 312;  48 Ford Conv 302, 56 Bird 312
Forever Ford
Midland Park, NJ

a fellow wanted me to have a look at his 56 half ton 272 which had a broken piston.when i got it out it was a ebu 239.i couldnt believe anyone would put that in a newer truck.it had the 56 timing cover so was using the new fuel and water pump.i wasnt sure everthing would line up with this block but it had been on for years.its an easy way to fix the problem of getting a fuel or water pump for these engines.

Keep in mind that the U.S. 239 Y engine was still available in the 1955 trucks as the standard or base V8 engine with the 256 engines being optional.  The 272 did not make its appearance in the trucks until the 1956 model and the 292 became available in the trucks starting with the 1959 models.  The ’55 Y engines across all model lines were upgraded to the small journal camshafts, hex drive oil pumps and distributors, revised fuel pumps, and the larger diameter water pumps.

With all that being said, it was not unusual for non-year variants of the Y to be installed in place of the original engines back when these vehicles were seeing heavy use.  Most of the time, the later model 292 or even a 312 found its way in place of the smaller engines but going backwards was not unheard of as there was a large number of those engines floating around.  Those early engines were quite robust and held up well as they still show up for a rebuild even now.  I’ve even come across a 256 truck engine in a ’56 Thunderbird which shows you the extent that those engines found homes in the unlikeliest of places.  On the other end of the scale was a 292 that came into the shop out of a 1954 Ford that had the 1954 239 timing cover, water pump, fuel pump, distributor, and oil pump which shows you the extent someone went to make the engine look like a 239 or keep as much of the engine externals 1954 in nature.

Lorena, Texas (South of Waco)