Larry Hooven wrote:
>
> first off.....what the hell is the spacer made out of for the mechanical
> fuel pump on a 79 spitfire....looks like cowhide to me, but might be
> wrong...good thing i bought this, the old one fell apart in my hand when
> i took it off...the pump not the spacer....
The spacer is probably something like bakelite, or a derivative of that.
> second off....i have so far (not looked completely) found 4 fuel filters
> in line between the gas (petrol) tank and the fuel pump....last i looked
> even my 63 chevy and 72 porsche only have one or two (63)...question is
> how many are really needed...tank empty, all 12 year old fuel used to
> start next door neighbors begonias on fire...ehehhehehe j/k...
Good thing my mother doesn't read the Triumphs list... she'd have you
arrested by the American Begonia Society police. <g> As for the fuel
filters, two would be just great (one before the pump, one after). Four
sounds like overkill to me, unless each were progressively finer. From
the description of the remains of the fuel pump, they didn't help much.
<g>
> third off....recommendations as to shocks (other than koni or
> spax)....need to be cheap till the alimony time runs out....but want to
> drive so.....
Stay away from both Monroes and Gabriels. They're cheap, and available,
I think, but both are made to some rather inexact standards. Spax shocks
are available at a fairly reasonable price through UK sources--they're
somewhat expensive through US sources. Konis are expensive everywhere,
but well-made. The Spax shocks have the small advantage of being more
adjustable than Konis (12 gradations, rather than 3).
Cheers.
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My other Triumph runs, but....
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