I went to find an HX fuel pump around a year ago, I just walked into local (reputable) auto parts shop, got told there's now only generic item all holdens to VP- the price, ridiculous, however, fortunately, this was not accurate advice.
Both the earlier glass bowl fuel pumps with serviceable parts are still available from fuel miser, and I think rare spares (etc) but, you cant get the diaphragm parts for them anyway, so its replace the whole thing again if it goes next time anyway. The next series of fuel pumps (the flatter ones with the metal plate on top ) are also still avail from similar outlets. Much cheaper than the generic all Holdens to VP ones, although still more than they used to be. If you need a fuel pump, its worth googling for a bit - definitely could save half the price from an auto shop.
I searched for 18 months for a kit for an original AC Delco V8 fuel pump. I tried every auto store in every town I went only to be told the same thing. No longer available. I had almost given up trying. I still refused to put one of those awful Chinese fully sealed units under the bonnet of my van. I was asking at a local shop again when one of the other blokes at the counter overheard me. He said he was sure he still had one in his shed. He told me he sold his HZ in 1996 and would never use it. I gave him my number and be f$#ked he rang me the next day and said he had found it.
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