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Subject: Re: electric fuel pump<960929225755_320474176@emout17.mail.aol.com>
From: "Richard Jackson - Network Technician ext. 2570"<RICHARD.JACKSON@nene.ac.uk>
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 1996 09:12:03 +0000 (GMT)
Cc: triumphs@autox.team.net, RICHARD.JACKSON@nene.ac.uk
>Remember a couple of things:

>One--they tend to be noisy.  tick tick tick tick etc.  May not be bothersome.


>Two--they don't turn off except when the key (or other racing type aux.
>switch is turned off).  Think about it: a minor rear ender, your motor quits,
>fuel keeps pumping, you are preoccupied with the incident and forget to turn
>off the key.  Manifolds are hot, fuel line or carb is damaged.  Fuel goes all
>over the place.  Hmmm.

>I'm not totally against them.  Just aware of some of the drawbacks.  My son's
>Bugeye had a 30 year old SU model.  Still worked fine after all these years.
> Even after 17 years of storage.

>All the best

Alternatively, instead of possibly turning your car into a mobile BBQ, you
could always fit the impact switch thingy from a Stag.

Rich


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