Hi,
Some of you guys must either have very quiet cars or very loud fuel pumps.
Shortly after pushing the starter button on my car (as long as it starts),
there's way too many other noises going on that drown out the pitter patter
of ticking points whether it's an SU or a Facet. We're talking about
Healeys, aren't we?
Scott Helms
----- Original Message -----
From: "scott willis" <ahpowered@hotmail.com>
To: <peter.svilans@rogers.com>; <Healeys@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 6:24 PM
Subject: RE: Improvements- Fuel Pump
> Yo Peter,
>
> We are talking about the FACET pump tick. "It" is annoying. It is much
> louder than the SU. It is not very timeless. My glorious SU tick stopped
> so I bought the other style from NAPA.
>
> The NAPA inline cylinder style is very quiet.
>
> Wee
> S
>
>
>
>
>>From: "Peter Svilans" <peter.svilans@rogers.com>
>>Reply-To: "Peter Svilans" <peter.svilans@rogers.com>
>>To: <Healeys@autox.team.net>
>>Subject: Improvements- Fuel Pump
>>Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 11:19:37 -0400
>>
>> Okay that's it ! This thread has gone too far !
>>
>> I've been mildly tolerating this business of "lets replace everything
>> with
>>Asian or American parts to make it better" BUT:
>>
>> "IT DOES NOT MAKE THAT ANNOYING TICKING SOUND" is treading on
>> sacred
>>ground !
>>
>> I consider the ticking of an SU fuel pump to be an integral part of
>> the
>>experience of owning and driving a British car. One of the joys of
>>lighting
>>up my BN 6 is waiting for the blub, blub,
>>blub......blub...................blub to tell me that all is well with
>>the
>>fuel system. The rate of ticking is an indicator of vapour lock or an air
>>leak. I even listen for it while driving- the regular ticking is
>>reassuring
>>and is as much a part of the experience as the musical "whoom" of the
>>exhaust,
>>the faint whine as the overdrive kicks in, and the wind noise around the
>>sidescreens.
>>
>> This venerable old Skinners Union product has given me 50,000 miles
>> of
>>trouble-free motoring, ( apart from an initial vapour lock problem caused
>>by
>>the brilliant Austin design department locating the poor pump directly
>>over
>>the exhaust pipes- completely cured by fitting a heat shield ), despite
>>and
>>maybe because of, always carrying a spare in the trunk.
>>
>> Amongst the hundreds of motorcycles and three-wheelers on display at
>> the
>>1934 Olympia Show in London was one vehicle- the Raleigh Safety Seven-
>>which
>>was equipped with an electric fuel pump. The very latest in high tech,
>>the
>>pump needed a note in the driver's handbook that told the owner not to be
>>alarmed by the ticking sound. This car, presently sitting in my
>>driveway,
>>has had its wonderful brass and brown bakelite-capped six-volt SU fuel
>>pump
>>ticking away under the bonnet for some SEVENTY-ONE YEARS.
>>
>> Surely a timeless classic, and a British car institution.
>>
>>Best regards
>>Peter
>
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