"AC" fuel pump

[69L89396]

I'm looking for a new BB "AC" fuel pump #40727.
Please email me if anyone has one for sale.
Thanks

[69L89396]

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[JoeC]

Did you try buying it local? I bought one a few years ago from local AC Delco dealer.

[69L89396]

Were you able to get an original with the "AC" logo?

[JoeC]

yes looks close to an original but not exactly.

[JRSully]

There are usually a bunch of rebuilt, orig AC units on Ebay, I bought one for $20.00 !!, has the AC logo etc, and appears to be the original BB piece.

[69L89396]

Do these pumps have the correct part number on it?
What about date codes? Did they date code the fuel pump?

[Bill Pritchard]

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There are usually a bunch of rebuilt, orig AC units on Ebay

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Do you know who rebuilt it? I think a lot of people would like to know of someone who can successfully rebuild an original fuel pump.

[RonNova396L34]

69L89396
Yes they are dated. Here is what was on my August 69 built 1970 Nova 396/350.
159M40727. There is some debate as to if it is a julian date. I'll just keep my opinion to myself what the code means.
For what it's worth I picked up a brand new AC fuel pump from the local Chevy dealer. I'm saving my original in case somebody out there can rebuild it.
Here's the part number from the chevy dealership. #6470424 and I paid $34.72 for it May, 2001.
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[Nova Research Project]

A-1 Remanufactured Automotive Products by Cardone is a large re-builder of some of the pumps you usually see on Ebay. They are into rebuilding in large quantities for profit, as most businesses are. What they do is take in cores, disassemble them, and rebuild them. Sounds simple except for the originality and numbers matching aspect. The cores are rebuilt to function not be numbers matching. Most of the aluminum is coarser and darker than the way they looked as new. This is probably do to the cleaning process. The color of the new steel is bright cad instead of the yellow as when new. The castings may or may not have the AC logo depending on if the core was originally AC or not. Finally the part number stamped on the mounting flange is ignored during rebuild. I am sure their mission is bulk rebuilds at a low price.

I have a Cardone 40727 pump. It started life as a JF40232 with AC logo. I bought it for research. The price was right but nothing like NOS. Let me know if are interested. I might have a line on a NOS one, but is priced close to $100 and I do not know the date code. You would be better searching around. Last year at Fall Charlotte I saw a few vendors with NOS AC logo pumps. They are still out there on Ebay from time to time.