re: "... they overhauled 20,000 SU fuel pump units BUT the failure rate was
less than 0.1% ( What are you blokes doing
wrong?) ..."
For how long?
I can overhaul a 'standard' SU pump properly 100% of the time--most all
components except the pump body with embedded
electromagnet are replaceable if necessary--but, it will fail somewhere down
the road (the issues with the
points--oxidation, pitting, etc.--are well known). According to Norman Nock,
servicing of SU fuel pumps--which probably
consisted mostly of filing/cleaning or replacing the points--was SOP at tuneup
time.
I postulate the failure rate was 100% over infinite time.
Bob
On 7/23/2011 5:40 AM, Joe and Lenore Armour wrote:
> BMC in the USA, notes from the April 1967 'SAFETY FAST' magazine.
> BMC/HAMBRO, INC., was formed in Jan. 1963 to to handle BMC distribution in
> the US. and Puetro Rico using a network of
> 12 regional Distributors and nearly 600 franchised Dealers.
> BMC/HAMBRO was a 65,000 sq. ft. wharehouse and service shop topped with over
> 8,000 sq. ft. of office space and a staff
> of 127. Data processing was via an IBM 1440 processor.
> Location, 734 Grand Ave., Ridgefield, New Jersey.
>
> Now for the really confusing bit; they overhauled 20,000 SU fuel pump units
> BUT the failure rate was less than 0.1%
> ( What are you blokes doing wrong?)
>
> Parts Dept held 30,000 items as parts with a value of $10,000 of stock and
> ships out $1,200,000 worth to Distributors
> each month.
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