David,
I'm never looking for an excuse to rant, and it's always done with
tongue in cheek, anyway (and, YES, I should have made that distinction
in my initial post. Poor judgment on my part, my apologies for any hurt
feelings).....but you missed my point, entirely.
Let's try this: If you keep replacing original parts with
aftermarket/generic/one size fits all, you'll eventually end up with a
car that is merely a caricature of itself. If that is OK with you,
fine.....it's your car to do what you want with it.
However, eventually, if too many of us are willing to settle for what
many of us consider to be inferior replacement parts, there will be no
incentive for manufacturers to produce high quality, original spec
parts.
I don't care about concours. Period. No interest what-so-ever. What I
do care about is keeping my MG original, and delivering original
performance and reliability, so that I can continue to enjoy the
experience of driving as it was "back in the day" as much as
possible/practical.
If I really need to go faster/be more comfortable, I can leave the
Midget in the garage, and drive a modern, boring, new vehicle.
Bud Osbourne
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-spridgets@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-spridgets@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of David Lieb
Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2006 2:39 PM
To: Spridget List
Subject: Re: Universal Fuel Pump...
Bud,
I will second the motion that your rant was a bit misplaced. You talk
about
someone looking for an excuse to be offended, but I feel that you were
looking for an excuse to rant.
Out of six Midgets, I have yet to acquire one that still has an SU pump
on
it. The closest I have come is that one did have an old rusted-out one
in a
cardboard box in the boot. They might be great, they might be horrible,
but
they don't seem to make it to me. My Midgets have had several different
flavors of after-market pumps on them; I have put many thousands of
miles on
them and I have yet to have had a fuel pump problem. I thought I had a
pump
problem in the middle of the Babe Rally, but it turned out to be a bad
connection at the bullet sleeve by the gas tank which I had not messed
with
previously.
SU pumps are interesting and ingenious, but they are not the only
possible
solution. I see no reason to spend over $100 for a fuel pump unless you
are
looking for concours points.
David Lieb
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