I am just examining the possibility of dispensing with the SU electric
petrol pumps altoghether on both my Sprite and MGB GT. They fail often,
their ticking makes me nervous and they pump juice to the carbs once every
15 seconds (or more often) when the engine is off and the ignition on...
Now the original mechanical pump on my 78 Mini Saloon has never ever failed
and I have used the car every day, on long journeys too. Plus I've never
seen a "wet" float or jet on my carb with it.
What's more interesting is that, according to Burlen Fuel's SU Reference
Catalogue both the 1275cc (12V) and 1798cc (18V) Marinas had the same (!!!)
mechanical pump, i.e. AUF800 series, unfortunately there is no mention of
its specifications in that publication, that is psi, gallons/hour, etc...
Evangelos
"Robert E. Shlafer" wrote:
> Let me get this right: you want to use
> a mechanical pump instead of an electric
> pump, but, you prefer the electric pump
> because it has never failed you on another
> car?
>
> Or is it that the CAR has no provision for
> an electrical pump, and you have an engine which came from a car with an
> electrical pump set-up, so it has no
> mechanical pump on it now (just blanking
> plate) and you would like to install a
> mechanical pump, now.
>
> Capt. Bob
> ' 61:{)
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