But do make sure that your "generic" pump doesn't put out more than 3.5lbs
of pressure, or your SUs or Z-S are/is going to flood, causing all sorts of
problems that will cost more to fix than you saved buying the cheap
pump..............
Lawrie
British Sportscar Center
-----Original Message-----
From: john peloquin <peloquin@galaxy.ucr.edu>
To: Andrew Errington <ame@synaptics.com>
Cc: mgs@autox.team.net <mgs@autox.team.net>
Date: Thursday, February 11, 1999 11:33 AM
Subject: Re: Fuel pump annoyance?
>Dear Andrew,
>
>Do what I did and get a purolator (or similar) aftermarket generic fuel
>pump. I just bolted onto the battery box that I'm not using and connected
>it. It works fine and makes a nice rattling racket while it works telling
>me that everything is OK. Also, it was about 30 bux.
>
>"Never ascribe to Malice that which can be explained by Ignorance."
>John J. Peloquin, Assistant Research Entomologist
>Entomology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521
>
>On Wed, 10 Feb 1999, Andrew Errington wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> if anyone is keeping my emails then they will have a collection of things
>> that could go wrong and did. Writing to the list is like writing a
journal,
>> recording what has happened for posterity...
>>
>> Dear Diary,
>>
>> how I do hate that Mr Lucas. The Prince of Darkness has struck me again,
>> although this time I think the blame must lie fairly and squarely on the
>> shoulders of Mr Skinner. Imagine my consternation when I turned the key
>> this evening and *nothing* (well, nothing except the very dim glow of the
>> alternator light). "What sorcery is this!", I exclaimed. Thinking the
>> battery had mysteriously drained I enlisted the help of a colleague, who
was
>> also working late, for a 'jump start'. Finding this to no avail I toured
>> the car's electrical system with my flashlight and found everything
appeared
>> to be in order. "Hmm", thought I as I pondered my predicament. No
>> headlights, no radio, nothing. Curiously, however, if I left the
ignition
>> on for a while the alternator light would light to full brightness.
>>
>> Turn key, no click from solenoid. I hoped to the forces of good and
light
>> that the solenoid had not succumbed to the evil curse. And yet, leaving
the
>> ignition on, suddenly brightness from the alternator light! The ignition
>> circuit was alive! Turn key, silence, and within that, darkness.
>>
>> The fuel pump? It should click a few times to fill the bowls when I turn
>> the key, mayhaps it is indeed the problem. Could the points be sticking
and
>> putting too great a load on the electrical system?
>>
>> And so, dear diary, I hit the fuel pump with my flashlight, and lo, it
>> worked.
>>
>> What else will fail this week...
>>
>> Andy
>>
>>
>
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