Renault Engine Fuel Pump Mounting Plate

[314159td]

Does anybody know the thickness of 46E6015 "Fuel Pump Mounting" Plate? I'm realizing that my engine never had one, the PO just screwed the gasket to the lower hole and smeared RTV everywhere.

It doesn't look like anybody sells the part, but easy to make. It probably makes sense to use phenolic or an engineering plastic to minimize heating the pump as well.

[dakazman]

  314159td,
I can get you a measurement tomorrow. I made one from 1/4”aluminum plate but it was to block off access.
Dakazman

[fort]

The plate on my engine is a blanking plate as with John. It is 3.5mm thick.

[314159td]

Would be great if you have an original to measure dakazman, thanks!

[dakazman]

 Here ya go.
 Steel spacer .

Dakazman

[314159td]

Perfect, thanks!
Seems to be 10 gauge steel, 1/8" phenolic is probably a bit on the thin side.
I'll post a DXF for the normal plate and a blanking plate once I get it CAD'd.

[314159td]

$12 for two of those steel plates from SendCutSend, the blanking plate is even cheaper.
I made the bottom radius a bit larger after the test print; fits the block, a few pumps, and some gaskets fine though.

Shape is asymmetric mostly so I remember that the bottom hole is a bit offset, though I could have just oversized/slotted the hole. I remain suspicious of mechanical fuel pump sealing after one dumped half a quart into a new starter.

The last two files are DXFs, just download and manually retype the extension from ".gif" to ".dxf"
Default extensions list 

[dakazman]

  Thank You 314159td
  I saved a copy of all. I love your graphics work, as a draftsman it would have taken me 3hrs to draw that with pencil.
 I know I need to upgrade my skills a bit, but I'm retired and don't have the time. but true.
 Dakazman

[314159td]

Fits...more than good enough.
I'm not going to move holes around 0.1mm