I carry a spare fuel pump in the boot (trunk). It is a mitsubishi I think,
and it was in the morris minor I bought for the engine.
Its good to have it there as i know as long as it's there the S.U. one will
keep ticking. It'll die the day I clean out the boot and forget to put the
spare pump back in, naturally.
Andy
>From: "Doug Ingram" <dougi@home.com>
>Reply-To: "Doug Ingram" <dougi@home.com>
>To: "Spridget List" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
>Subject: Re: 72 Fuel Pump
>Date: Thu, 6 May 1999 20:38:07 -0700
>
>Hi Chuck:
>
>My experience says that it's good to be paranoid about electric fuel pumps.
>The worst of it was a few years ago in a borrowed MGB, immobilized on the
>side of a elevated section of I-5 in East LA. Not fun, from the 80 mph
>traffic roaring along inches from the left side door (I got out of the car
>and climbed up on the retaining wall to await help, had visions of being
>pulverized by a tractor trailer....), to the incredible shaking and
>bouncing
>that occurs on elevated freeways (who knew they moved up and down that
>much?), to the thoughts of being a sitting duck for some of the
>neighborhood's less thoughtful citizens........
>
>All this because some little bit of debris shut the fuel pump down.
>
>&^%$#@ SU fuel pumps, anyway. I think I would opt for one of those dual
>pumps that are made for racing use.
>
>Be prepared!
>
>Doug Ingram
>Victoria BC
>1958 Frogeye (with good old AC mechanical pump)
>AN5L/636
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Chuck Ciaffone <chuckc@ibm.net>
>To: spridget list <spridgets@autox.team.net>
>Date: Thursday, May 06, 1999 8:41 AM
>Subject: 72 Fuel Pump
>
>
> >Getting paranoid in my old age, I guess, but today
> >I yanked the fuel pump to check it out. Wasn't doing
> >anything bad, you understand, just been in there a while.
> >
> >This pump looks nothing like the pumps you see in catalogs.
> >It is boxy rather than cylindrical, and the only thing
> >that look at all removable is the diode that screws to the top
> >of the box. Just a box with hose fittings on either side.
> >
> >Sooo ... looks not to be rebuildable. I'll probably put
> >it back on for now, but:
> >
> >1. Is this a standard part?
> >2. Will the Moss-listed replacement pump bee the same and mount
> > the same? This pump mounts on two studs, secured with
> > hex nuts (1/2" box wrench), onto a rubber mounting
> > base.
> >3. Should I worry at all before it stops working, or do fuel
> > pumps go gradually with lots of warning?
> >
> >In short, since it seems to work ok now, should I bother to
> >find a replacement before it stops working?
> >
> >Chuck (the Paranoia King) Ciaffone
>
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