Or you could buy the same pump from Aircraft Spruce for $33.50.
http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/eppages/facetpumps.php
LAD
-----Original Message-----
From: Michael MacLean
Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2011 12:56 PM
To: spridgets@autox.team.net ; BJ8 Healeys
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Fuel pump pressure
Steve,
Just get a Facet pump and install it near the tank. About 3-4 PSI.
Pegasus Auto Racing has the for $46 bucks. See link:
https://www.pegasusautoracing.com/productdetails.asp?RecId=82
Mike MacLean
60 Sprite
56 BN2
02 Heritage Springer
--- On Sat, 8/13/11, BJ8 Healeys <sbyers@ec.rr.com> wrote:
From: BJ8 Healeys <sbyers@ec.rr.com>
Subject: [Spridgets] Fuel pump pressure
To: spridgets@autox.team.net
Date: Saturday, August 13, 2011, 5:37 PM
Hello, Spridgeteers!
What is the nominal fuel pump pressure for a '73 Midget?
Last November, my Midget began trying to stall at stops. Troubleshooting
determined that the front carb was flooding. Changing to Grose Jets and
trying two different new sets of needles/seats, a new float, and even
changing the front carb for a spare did not fix the problem. I then
suspected the fuel pump pressure was too high, but until today I did not
have a way to check the pressure, so I moved on to other projects with more
chance of success.
I installed the pump in 1988. It is an aftermarket vane pump (Blackstone
Industries, P/N EP10, made in West Germany).
I have been unable to find any information about the pump on the internet.
Could a pump have an internal failure that would suddenly raise its output
pressure?
This morning, I put a pressure gauge on the hose at the front carb and it
pegged the gauge at more than 10 psi. I think it should be closer to 4 psi
and below, but can't find a fuel pressure spec in the shop manual, either.
Thanks!
Steve Byers
Havelock, NC USA
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