One other note on electric fuel pumps. Most universal ones these days
are designed to work with Fuel injection systems and as such put out on
the order of 15 psi. This is much too high for most British carbs. You
will need to also get a fuel pressure regulator and put it in line agter
the pump.
Regards,
Joe Curry
Malcolm Walker wrote:
>
> On Sat, 23 May 1998, Tim Clayton wrote:
>
> > My 63 TR4 has an electrical fuel pump (and voltage converter), so can I
> > just go into Pep Boys and get any fuel pump as replacement???
>
> I'm guessing the voltage converter flips the polarity, so that you can use
> a negative ground accessory in a positive ground car...?
>
> If so then you will need to ensure that the PepBoys fuel pump will not
> ground itself out when you bolt it onto the car. If the mounts on the
> pump are all plastic, and there's no metal-to-metal contact, then my guess
> would be that it's OK to stick a cheap one on.
>
> Be careful though, short circuits + gasoline = bad news
>
> -Malcolm
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