Thanks bill,
on a similar non-stock note, is there any real advantage in the solid-state
SU pumps in the moss catalogue?
cheers
Joe
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Dr. Joseph Garner
Department of Animal Science,
University of California,
One Shields Avenue,
Davis,
CA 95616
USA
tel: + 530 754 5291
fax: + 530 752 0175
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: wcameyer [mailto:wcameyer@email.msn.com]
> Sent: Friday, July 14, 2000 11:27 AM
> To: Garner, Joseph P.; MG list (E-mail)
> Subject: Re: ahhhhg!
>
>
> If you are using the original fuel pump, it works with
> contacts which can
> stick at odd times. The immediate fix is to bang on the pump with a
> screwdriver handle, freeing up the points. Long range fix is
> new points,
> new original-type pump, or replacement centrifugal pump with pressure
> regulator(my choice!)
>
> Bill
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Garner, Joseph P." <JPGarner@UCDavis.Edu>
> To: "MG list (E-mail)" <mgs@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Friday, July 14, 2000 11:01 AM
> Subject: ahhhhg!
>
>
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > So if you remember, motor dies on me on the freeway. Pull
> over. Starts
> once
> > dies immediately. Won't start. towed home. Pull the fuel
> line. no fuel
> > pumping. aha! fuel pump problem. Check the power supply.
> about 8V getting
> to
> > the pump. A little low, but i figure with all the
> attempting to start the
> > car that makes sense. Tow the car to the shop. Leave it
> with them. They
> ring
> > me back, apparently the car has started perfectly and they
> can't find
> > anything wrong with it.
> >
> > If it was a non-fatal intermittent fault, i would drive it
> until it broke
> > again, and re-diagnose (just like in 2001). But that
> clearly isn't an
> option
> > with the fuel pump. My friendly mechnic in Palo Alto,
> suggested that i
> > change the fuel pump becuase it "looked rather old" last
> time he worked on
> > the car. I was thinking of getting the shop here to replace
> the pump, and
> > blow the fuel line through. Any other things to try? Do you
> guys think
> this
> > is a sensible course of action?
> >
> >
> > thanks in advance
> >
> >
> > cheers
> >
> > Joe.
> >
> > _________________
> >
> > Dr. Joseph Garner
> > Department of Animal Science,
> > University of California,
> > One Shields Avenue,
> > Davis,
> > CA 95616
> > USA
> >
> > tel: + 530 754 5291
> > fax: + 530 752 0175
> > _________________
> >
> >
>
>
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