At 12:56 PM 8/22/97 -0400, you wrote:
>Hi folks,
> Thanks to John Nelson for pointing out an electronic fuel pump from
>Pep Boys for $30. (that looks exactly like the one in the Moss catalog).
>Let me know if you want more details about the pump.
> Anyway, I put it in and it seems to work just fine. Here's some
>questions:
>On turning just the ignition on, the old SU pump would beat for about 10
>sec then stop. This electronic one just keeps on ticking away and doesn't
>stop. Is this normal?
I noticed that too. I guess/hope it is normal.
>Needless to say, I didn't bother reading the 2 page instructions that came
>with the pump until after I had finished. It says someplace that " If the
>original pump is a combined fuel and vacuum pump then leave the pump in
>place. Disconnect the fuel lines from the pump and attach them together.
>Do not remove the other vacuum lines" What does all that mean? There was
>a hose (vacuum?) that was connected to the old SU. Is the SU a combined
>fuel and vacuum pump?
I completely bypassed my SUs (I have dual SU fuel pumps.)
>The instructions also say to position the pump so that the output end is
>uppermost. I hate to ask, but is that necessary? If so, I'll have crawl
>back under and reposition the bloody thing.
I found a place on the firewall. It works. The output end is not "uppermost".
>
>Adrian
Don (I'm the one that originally posted news of this pump.)Mathis
Don Mathis, Ph.D.
Lucent Technologies
Norcross, Georgia
donmathis@lucent.com
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