[sastanley]

Al, I don't have good pictures handy, but the bale is a u-shaped wire "bale" that should be hanging near the cup shaped bowl on the mech fuel pump. Its job is to move the rubber diaphragm back and forth (that if I understand correctly, you just rebuilt) against the springs and pull fuel from the tank to feed the carb.

Please see attached of an old pic that shows the bale on my boat..i hope this helps...if it does not, please keep feeding us info so we can continue to assist. (not everyone's boat is laid out exactly the same.)
I hope you can get the mech pump sorted out. I personally prefer it to the electric...one less circuit to manage on the boat...