By Rob Hosking – Here is a quick and free tip for you. I always laugh when I see people struggling to lift the fuel pump pushrod in a small block chevy.

Usually trying to pry it up with a screwdriver and scuffing the shaft, doesn’t work so great.

Here’s an easy way that I was taught as a kid.

(Photo 1) Grab a set of feeler gauges, take any one out (bent is preferred, but not that important)

(Photo 2) put the feeler gauge beside the pump pushrod on one side. Twist and slide the feeler gauge between the pump adapter plate and the pushrod.

(Photo 3) Push up. TA-DA!

If it has taken you longer than 5 seconds, you are doing it wrong.

Happy Racing

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