Glass bowl Fuel Pump - OE or not?

Thanks to all who have posted their information and opinions in this thread.  I am completely convinced that the 2As came from the factory with metal bowl fuel pumps.  Just because your Jeep, now, 66 or more years later has a particular part on it does nothing to support the assertion that the part is original to the Jeep, at least for a part as easily replaced as a fuel pump.  So, I am going to lock this thread.   If you have documentation to post that supply Willys documentation that add new information, PM me and I will allow it to be posted.

Again, thanks to all who have contributed thus far.


Edited by samcj2a - 19 Sep. 2014 at 4:05pm

hello my 47 jeep cj 2a has a flathead l134 go devil in it and it has a metal fuel pumpbowl

Charlie, i am afriad that the '42 fuel pump was sold....sorry....

hi. ive got a bunch of them old service bulletins.never really read them.i did notice in one of them about the changeover for the keyed ignition.it gave the new coil and switch number.this week i will have a look to see if they mention anything about fuel pumps.you have me thinking now.i have a cj2a boyer fire jeep with about 2600 orignal miles on it .its still in orignal red paint.i stored it away years ago .been busy with other projects.im going to have a look to see what is on it for a fuel pump.does anyone have knowledge about them out there.i read about them and found mine on the cj3b page.when this jeep was painted they didnt paint the inner fenders or the firewall.they are still in brown primer.it still has the orignal grey vinyl seats in it.regards jim

Well, the '46 came from California!  Too bad it's a little early, though.  

One of these days, someone will pop up with the bulletin or picture that will make my day! 

I'm in the middle of a 1947 CJ-2a frame off restoration.  This jeep seems to have all of the original componets, and mine has a glass bowl fuel pump.  I hope this helps. dbc

Samcj2a, as you requested here i a tidbit about my glass fuel pump.  I do not have 100% proof that I have the original but when I purchased my jeep it came with box's full of stuff, everthing very well labeled.  In the box I have what is labled as the original fuel pump.  I gather from the lables from the original owner that the jeep had some sort of hesitation and he thought it was a fuel pump problem.  I think it turned out not to be a pump problem because the lable reads the original pump works fine.  He replaced it with the pump that is in the jeep now, which also has a glass bowl.

That's great, Bob.  It sounds as though the glass bowl came first, was replaced by the metal bowl in the military Jeeps, that 2A production began with the metal bowls.  From a 2A perspective, then, it seems as though the remaining question is if the factory ever started using glass bowls on 2As.