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utf-8"></head><body dir=3D"auto">I mount my pump on the lever-shock bracket.=
Replace the bolts with longer ones and rubber bushings. <div>Bi=
ll B</div><div><br></div><div><br id=3D"lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><di=
v dir=3D"ltr">=E2=80=9CShoot low sheriff, she=E2=80=99s riding a shetland=E2=
=80=9D =E2=80=A6B.Wills</div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br>On Oct 29, 2023, at 4:16=E2=
=80=AFAM, Philip Ethier <pethier7@gmail.com> wrote:<br><br></div><div d=
ir=3D"ltr">=EF=BB=BF<div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_de=
fault" style=3D"font-family:monospace"><br></div></div><br><div class=3D"gma=
il_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Sun, Oct 22, 2023 at 6:04=
=E2=80=AFPM <<a href=3D"mailto:johnbmacartney@gmx.com";>johnbmacartney@gmx=
.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr"><br></div=
><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-=
left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class=3D"msg-91880242=
5644519261"><div lang=3D"EN-GB" style=3D"overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div cl=
ass=3D"m_-918802425644519261WordSection1"><p class=3D"MsoNormal">The only ti=
me I used a FACET fuel pump it failed on me after about 13,000 miles in the m=
iddle of a major junction in Vancouver in the rush hour! </p></div></div></d=
iv></blockquote><div><br></div><div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"fo=
nt-family:monospace">And I know why. The pump was mounted in the stock=
location. After a year or so, I had to prime the pump every spring.&n=
bsp; In Colorado, the thing refused to work properly. I drove the Subu=
rban from Brekenridge to Frisco to buy another one. That worked for a w=
hile. I finally woke up to remember that when I put a low-pressure FAC=
ET in my Europa, the instructions said the pump should be placed lower t=
han the level of the gasoline. At a Minnesota Triumphs tech sess=
ion, we repositioned the pump to the lowest place practical; bolted to t=
he floor of the spare-tire compartment against the front of the compartment,=
close to the fuel tank where it did not interfere with the spare tire.=
Not a bit of trouble for over a decade. Kicking myself that I d=
id not remember that part of the factory instructions from so long ago.</div=
></div><div> </div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0p=
x 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><di=
v class=3D"msg-918802425644519261"><div lang=3D"EN-GB" style=3D"overflow-wra=
p: break-word;"><div class=3D"m_-918802425644519261WordSection1"><p class=3D=
"MsoNormal">I think this was because it wanted to operate at around 8psi whe=
n the carbs only needed 2 to 3 psi and therefore a restrictor had to be put i=
n the delivery line.</p></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><=
div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:monospace">FACET made these=
pumps in two pressure ranges. I made sure to get the low-pressure var=
iety. The Europa came to me with a huge AC fuel pump inline with a pressure r=
egulator. The pressure was set too high for the liking of the 45M=
M side-draft Weber carb, so I turned down the pressure with the knob on the r=
egulator until the Weber behaved. In my ignorance, I did not realize t=
hat turning down the pressure turned down the flow rate. This came to m=
y attention at a Corvettes Of Minnesota two-lap autocross. There was a=
left-hand sweeper on the course which I drove well on the first lap of the r=
un, but exiting the same turn on the second lap the car swapped ends an=
d the engine died. The exact same thing happened on the second run.&nb=
sp; For my third run, I resolved to go light on this turn on the second=
lap to learn what I was doing wrong. The Lotus engine cut out ju=
st after the turn. I had not spun the car and killed the engine. =
The engine died when the float chamber emptied and spun the car.&=
nbsp; I tossed the AC pump and regulator in the bin and installed a low-pres=
sure FACET, properly as low on the car as possible and preceded by a filter,=
and had no problems thereafter.</div></div><div> </div><blockquote cla=
ss=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid r=
gb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class=3D"msg-918802425644519261"><div=
lang=3D"EN-GB" style=3D"overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div class=3D"m_-918802=
425644519261WordSection1"><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><u></u><u></u></p><p class=3D=
"MsoNormal">I wasn=E2=80=99t aware Lucas made a fuel pump - apart from the o=
nes for the fuel injected cars -</p></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br>=
</div><div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:monospace">Dick=
O'Kane wrote about Lucas pumps long before fuel injection was a thing in co=
mmon British cars. These pumps were installed inside the fuel tank.&nb=
sp; O'Kane wrote that if you ever put too-large a fuse in a circuit fo=
r a Lucas fuel pump you could have a "truly epic fire".</div><div class=3D"g=
mail_default" style=3D"font-family:monospace"><br></div><div class=3D"gmail_=
default" style=3D"font-family:monospace">Phil Ethier</div></div><div class=3D=
"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:monospace"><br></div><div class=3D"gmai=
l_default" style=3D"font-family:monospace"><br></div></div></div>
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