Tom Wagner - Program Manager wrote:
>
> To List:
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> Is it normal for Lucas Fuel Pumps
> to stop for no apparent reason,
> then to tap on them to get them
> going again.
>
> These pumps are starting to make me feel
> like they are very unreliable.
>
> I have seen threads about other ideas
> for fuel pumps along with appropriate
> pressure amounts. Can someone recomend
> the correct amounts??
>
> History:
>
> 67 B, fuel tank recently cleaned, eteched
> and sludged or sealed.
>
> Thanks for all help.
>
> Tom Wagner
> 67 MGB
Yes. Welcome to the wonderful world of LUCAS. Reminds me of a time I
owned a Tiger Moth. It had a magneto for ignition with a form of
"impulse" built in for extra oomph when pulling the airscrew over by
hand for starting.(No electric starter) It was forever getting stuck,
and it is a very hot and tiring job to start an aero engine by hand. I
carried a large wooden mallet in the plane for just such times. One
day, it stuck as usual, and I asked my passenger to adjust the throttle
while I swung the prop. When it didn't start, I lifted the cowling, and
clouted the magneto with the mallet. A bloke sitting in a TD watched
the performance with a bemused look on his face, and, after it fired up,
strolled over and said "Lucas I suppose".
Talking of magnetos, I have 1 or 2 magnetos suitable for T-Series cars
for disposal. If anyone is interested in this and other go faster
equipment such as superchargers let me know.
Geoff Love, The English Connection.
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