[TR] fuel pump thing

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hi guys
Pulled my original mechanical fuel pump apart from my 58 TR3 last night.
Inside the glass bowl I found a cone shaped part made of what might be 
ceramic material. It very much reminds me of the thing you get inside the water 
separator on your compressors hard lines.
I don't see it in any of the workshop manuals, moss catalogue or the 
factory parts book.
Is it original equipment?
If it is what does it do?
thanks
Frank Fisher
 
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