Gary, et Listers,
Gary, thanks for the "scoop on the SS new and "improved" fuel pump.
Probably most of us will want to consider some other alternative. Just to
add another personal anecdote to this thread, several years back I bought a
Mallory Comp Pump, Series 70. Instead a vanes, it uses a "gerotor" which is
just like a miniature oil pump. This is not a "centrifugal" pump, as was
referred to in another posting. Although Mallory suggests putting this pump
as close a possible to the fuel tank, they also want a fuel filter between
the tank and the pump. Some other pumps say, and with good reason, that
putting a filter before the pump doesn't work. The point is, in any
reasonable installation the Mallory pump will generate enough vacuum when
dry to prime itself. It is also a little noisy and runs constantly, not on
demand like some others.
Recently, on a trip to LA, this pump gave me some problems. It did fail in
a progressive and somewhat forgiving manner but I eventually had to call my
buddy Dale Akuszewski to come to my rescue. He found the problem was the
brushes in the DC motor and, after cleaning them up and replacing them, I
was back on the road. I wish I could be more specific about how many hours
was on this pump before failure, but it was the equivalent of quite a bit
more than 15-20k miles I'm sure.
All in all, I'd still recommend this pump over the others I've tried.
Bob
At 06:58 PM 8/5/98 -0700, you wrote:
>Hi Steve, good to see you're back from vacation!
>
>BUT, lets stop that rumor right now!
>I have taken apart a SS pump and there ain't NO semiconductors
>in there! There IS a new modern (tantalum or mylar?) capacitor
>to replace the old huge now defective paper capacitor that you
>probably can't get no more! There IS the same old mechanical
>points that give you trouble every 15-20k miles... just so it feels
>like the old days. I do like the way they make noise only when
>they need to pump gas though! And, I use a wrench, but I guess
>an umbrella would work ;-)
>I've heard recently that SS can't get the points anymore..
>VB has them listed AND the rebuild kit. I used to get the
>points locally at Economy Imports, they are the same as MG,
>etc.
>
>Gary
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