Better yet test with a multimeter set for continuity. You should have
continuity in one direction across the diode and none in the other.
Hooking it up to a power source in the wrong direction will probably fry the
diode. While that will be inconvenient you will at least know what the problem
is...
Bill Lawrence
BN1 #554
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From: Healeys <healeys-bounces at autox.team.net> on behalf of Bob Spidell
<bspidell at comcast.net>
Sent: Saturday, June 23, 2018 2:39:43 AM
To: healeys at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Healeys] SU fuel pump polarity
Looks like they're both wired the same, and for neg. ground. Try hooking them
up to a 12V power source, and see which way makes them fire (pump). If they
don't run connected one way, try the other. If it doesn't run right off the
back disconnect lest you overheat the solenoid body.
Are both diodes labeled the same?
Bob
My Healey:
BJ8 MKIII 1964
# L27347
pos. earth
Fuel pump for the last 20 years:
SU AZX1307
now with a slow, but steady clicking every 15 to 20 sec , when ignition is on.
I thought, the easiest solution is to change the pump with a spare pump I have
in my trunk for about the same time as the first one. Both pumps look the same
on the outside. Both pumps are wrapped in black tape. But the label on the box
of the spare pump says: AZX1307 neg. earth.
In the archives I found a very instructive contribution by Steve Russel from
Aug 2009. And it ended with the words: "A picture would be worth a lot of words
right now."
So I removed the cap on both pumps to see if there is any difference in the
wiring and took a picture, attached to this mail.. Both pumps look the same
inside. You see the old pump on the left, the new one on the right. Under the
cap you see a piece that looks like a capacitor, labeled as BZX1013. But
following the explanation with terminal 1, 2 and 3 clockwise beginning with the
power input stud and ending with the internal ground terminal I suppose the
"capacitor" is a diode. But when there is no difference in wiring between the
old and the new pump, why could it be, that the old one looking like a neg.
earth ran 20 years in a car with pos. earth?
I'm confused and hoping for your wisdom to shed some light on the problem.
Best
Achim
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