Steve, you said, "the fuel pump door". While this was originally the battery
door for
the Alpine, maybe Rootes knew that this door would come in handy for the fuel
pump.
Larry
SJC Worldwide wrote:
> Larry Paulick wrote:
>
> > Steve, well at least I don't have to take a hammer to the Lucas pump to
>make it
> > work. The most important tool in the box, for old English cars was a
>hammer.
> > Gues why. I can hear this one clearly.
> >
> > Larry
> >
>
> Larry:
> I had to do just that with my original Tiger (SU fuel pump again) many years
>ago. We
> were about 20 miles outside Laramie, Wyoming, just getting dark out, and the
>fuel
> pump started cutting out (not leaking that time). At the side of the road I
> remembered a tech tip about banging the pump with a hammer. Didn't have one
>of those
> but I did have a big wrench in my tool kit. I whacked the pump real good a
>couple of
> times and it sprang to life, temporarily. It seemed to pump a mile or so
>worth of gas
> each time. I opened up the fuel pump door and, bopping down the road at 65
>MPH Jane
> periodically gave it a good hit as it was starting to cut out each time and
>we made
> it into Laramie. I got a generic, aftermarket pump therefor $20 or $30 and
>installed
> it with Jane's help and ran the car with that pump for another five years
>with no
> problem.
>
> Steve Sage
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