I wonder how many people ever service the points in the pump
regularly. Not many, I surmise. I had a '70 B that was my daily driver
for 5 years and more. I never touched the fuel pump except to tighten
up the banjo nut on the outlet now and then and clean off the grime that
gathered on it. Never had a problem.
I went to quite a bit of expense 2 - 3 years ago in restoring the
pump and fuel pipes in my '69B to the original configuration. There was
a Midget pump in it when I bought it! Pipes were all DPO'd up and
leaked. I hope it lasts like the one in the '70 did. But service the
points? If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Anyway, that thing is not the
most accessable thing on the car. ;^)
Cheers,
CR
Bullwinkle wrote:
>
> IMO, the biggest cause of fuel pump failure is the points which carbon
> up or pit. Early MG literature as part of routine maitainence required
> the cleaning of the points with "glass paper." This was discontinued
> when the pumps started coming with condensers to cut down on the
> pitting. Remember the fuel pump's points and coil carry similar
> currents as the distributor for early MGBs and older MGs. So, they
> should be serviced whenever the distributor is.
>
> Blake
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