I'd like to hear more about the cylinder style fuel pump. I have the square
Facet style, which is reliable, but very noisy as mentioned already. I
checked out the Napa web page, & only saw two cylindrical style pumps. The
Balkamp Fuel Pump, Item # BK 6101075 for $116.00, and the Delphi Fuel Pump,
Item # DFPFD0003 for $66.49? Is there another style that I couldn't find?
Thanks,
Mick Vander Ploeg
'57 BN4
----- Original Message -----
From: "scott willis" <ahpowered@hotmail.com>
To: <peter.svilans@rogers.com>; <Healeys@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 7:24 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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