If the pump your planning to use has lips with holes rather than mounting
studs you might consider using snowmobile engine mounts to isolate the pump
sound from the body. They kinda look like a rubber disc with a stud sticking
out each end. Example here:
http://www.mfgsupply.com/SnowMounts.html/mv_session_id=n492Uze4
Mike
'79B
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rick Lindsay" <rick@stoolhead.com>
To: <mgs@autox.team.net>; <MG_Midgets@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, July 16, 2004 6:24 PM
Subject: Fuel pump installation
> Hello Friends,
> This weekend I hope to get an electric fuel pump installed
> on my Midget 1500. The mechanical pump is failing and I
> just like the electrics. The pump in question needs to be
> installed at the tank end. That is, it is more of a fuel PUSHER
> than a puller. The options are: behind the axle or ahead of the
> axle. The fuel line goes up and over the arch so the desirable
> position is behind the axle. That position will require that I bolt
> the pump through the sheet metal into the trunk. I can do that,
> putting the screw heads in the trunk and nuts and washers on
> the other side. That will look closer to stock. Experience tells
> me to put rubber washers between the pump and the sheetmetal
> to minimize vibration. That prevents really tight attachment so I
> will use NyLoc nuts on the screws and just snug them up.
> So there you have part one of my rebuilding weekend. Parts
> two and three involve restringing the weed-eater and replacing
> the blade on the mower. Yuck! I guess one out of three ain't
> bad.
>
> rick
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