Wow great suggestions and feedback. I did try to quiet my pump by mounting on rubber hose as the Trail beast suggested. I used an 1 1/4 inch rubber pipe connector -see pics - unfortunately it didn't help much. Regards mechanical pump, I've never been able to keep the car running after it warms up. Once warm and turned off its very hard to start, just can't get the fuel up to the carb. The only way of overcome this to date is to use the electric pusher pump and if your going to do that why not eliminate the mechanicals pump? I would love to hear more thoughts on making the mechanical pump work. I'm attaching picks of the engine bay and mechanical pump as well.