NEED HELP,FUEL PUMP BOLT ISSUE,LEAKS OIL

mrs49 said
Seems like you are new to the car, why not get what you need to replace the timing chain and water pump and bond with your car. You will learn a lot and you can fix your fuel pump problem while you're at it.

Yes I bought it recently,but am not new to old cars. I’m not looking to create more of a project for myself for “fun”. I work daily and my fun is driving them. I don’t mind working on them when it’s something that NEEDS to be done and I have the time. But I don’t want to replace things that are still perfectly serviceable just to do it. I always thought it was crazy that people would buy perfectly good cars that ran and drove and then instead of driving them while they save money,the would immediately take them apart and start doing things they didn’t need to do,lose interest,run out of money and then have this giant jigsaw puzzle sitting in their garage that is no good to anyone and a headache for the next guy to come along.
For some reason it seems most folks view 50’s-70’s cars as toys to take out on the weekend. Something to tinker with. This will be a daily driver.

Dana67Dart said
Nope sorry. Try googling fuel pump bolts small block Mopar.

If you inlist the help of a friend with a vacuum you could probably slowly drill out the hole and tap it without getting too much material inside the engine

REALLY BAD IDEA.....

you MUGHT be able to put a bolt in through the fuel pump hole then into the stripped hole to the outside. The bolt would need to have a way to keep it from rotating, like cutting a slot in the end for a screwdriver and a way to keep it from slipping back into the engine. (Speed nut / one-way washer, JB weld???)

Good luck

here’s a photo of the bolt. I took it out this morning to measure it.