Fred, are you sure that the cam itself is turning? I've never heard of
the cam waering in this fashion.
Fred Thomas wrote:
>
> Well, I've finally discovered why my car stopped running when I got back
> from Illinois, the camshaft is no longer turning the arm on the fuel pump to
> feed the gas to the carbs, this a.m. I took the F.P. apart, removed the
> diaphram and bolted the pump to the block, no movement of the F.P. arm at
> all, none. I called Ken Galanders on Friday to ask if he had ever heard of
> this happening, and he said no, not on these cars, the high point on the cam
> lobe is still there, I do feel a little indentation on the rear of the cam
> where the arm would normally ride. No more concours judging this year, a
> electric pump with regulator goes on today, this cam has less than 40K miles
> on it, they should be good on a fuel pump hook-up for life, never wear out,
> sure don't understand this. Anybody on the list ever had such a happening ??
> "FT"
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George Richardson
Wyvern - '57 Triumph TR3, TS15559LT -
http://www.merlingroupinc.com/tr3.htm
Griffin - '71 Triumph Stag - undergoing restoration
Pikachu - '75 Triumph TR6 - undergoing repair
Kitty - '83 Jaguar XJ6 Vanden Plas - Daily Driver
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