[Healeys] emergency Fuel Pump

Alan Seigrist healey.nut at gmail.com
Sat Jul 7 10:28:03 MDT 2007


Gary -

I forgot to mention that BK 610-1075 (the bendix pump) is negative ground
only, and the square body pump is positive or negative ground.

Alan


On 7/7/07, Alan Seigrist <healey.nut at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Gary -
>
> The guy you talked to is a jerk.
>
> NAPA has several pumps that will fit the bill, and I just bought several
> from them.  Here's a re-post of what I put to the list about two months ago:
>
>
> I put in a new Facet  (Bendix style) fuel pump in the BJ8 last week. I
>  special ordered it from NAPA (my brother  brought it to Hong Kong in
> his luggage). It is the  low pressure version of the Bendix pump,
> which pumps  at the same pressure as the old SU.
>
> The pump develops strong head and can push alot  of fuel if needed (36
> GPH, 3x the SU rate), but keeps low SU spec. pressure so doesn't cause
> the floats to  overflow (2.75 to 4PSI). Very good pump in the HK
> hills, and  whisper quiet.
>
> NAPA Part # BK 610-1075 (FACET FEP 60SV see
> http://www.facet-purolator.com/mcl/media/techn
> ology/hd_pdfs/Gold-Flo_sheet.pdf)  Fits right in , although I
> fashioned a little mount  for it using a 2-1/2" T bracket from the
> local  hardware store, as this just makes it more  stable.
>
> The other pump from FACET that is popular is the very common square
> body pump (now also available in a plastic body called "Posi -Flo".).
> NAPA part number 610-1051.  This little pump can be a tad noisy but is
> very reliable.  On early sixes the pump actually fits on the mount
> like a factory fit.  Specs are 1.5 - 4 PSI, 25 GPH.  This pump is good
> but from experience is better to be kept as a back up pump in the boot
> (the pump is cheap to buy and is compact).  My only beef with these
> pumps, other than the noise, is they just look cheaply made.  I had
> one on the BJ8 for a good 10 years though, but just removed it last
> week because it had finally failed.  To be fair my BJ8 sat for three
> years without being driven and there was a lot of rust in the tank so
> that may have had something to do with the failure.
>
> Both pumps are also available from JC Whitney for a good price.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Alan
> '52 A90
> '53 BN1
> '64 BJ8


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