Chevy 350 Fuel Pump Rod Stuck

Today i removed the fuel pump push rod from my 1985 305 chevy v 8.

Chevy 350 fuel pump rod stuck. If it won t slide out then it is either you have not removed the fuel pump mounting plate it has seized in the bore has had the end mushroomed from friction on the cam or someone has put in the wrong length bolt in the hole perpendicular to the pushrod on the front. Pump and mounting plate are off i can barely get a pair of channel locks on there but it wont budge. The rod is 1 2 inch so i. Find chevrolet 5 7l 350 fuel pump pushrods and get free shipping on orders over 99 at summit racing.

It had sat a long time and was in unknown condition. That s a pretty stout rod to bend or damage. If your block has the pipe plug located below the fuel pump rod it will not be coaxed out by removing the fuel pump inserting a flat blade in the fuel pump block hole then you may not have any choice because you can t pull it thru the fuel pump opening. It was stuck so bad that it has taken ten months of trying every thing i could think of to remove it.

I recently acquired a 1968 chevy truck with what is probably a replacement 350 motor. 1975 chevy c10 with a 350.