[Healeys] Fuel pump question

Alex alexmm at roadrunner.com
Thu Aug 14 16:05:10 MDT 2008


Thank you Steve and Michael. Appreciate the fast response.

== Alex


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "BJ8Healeys" <sbyers at ec.rr.com>
To: <healeys at autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 5:18 PM
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Fuel pump question


> Yes, it can, Alex.  I have such an arrangement on my BJ8:  a negative 
> ground
> SU in series with an Autozone electric pump and a Single-Pole Double-Throw
> switch under the driver's side of the dash.  I can select either pump, or
> neither. I drove out to San Diego on one pump, and back on the other. It
> also works great as an anti-theft system. I have run out of gas several
> times in hotel parking lots because I forgot I turned off the pumps for 
> the
> night.  With both pumps off, the engine will start but only run for about 
> a
> minute or so.
>
> Steve Byers
> HBJ8L/36666
> BJ8 Registry
> Havelock, NC
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: healeys-bounces+sbyers=ec.rr.com at autox.team.net
> [mailto:healeys-bounces+sbyers=ec.rr.com at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Alex
> Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 1:50 PM
> To: healeys at autox.team.net
> Subject: [Healeys] Fuel pump question
>
> The subject of auxiliary fuel pumps has been covered a great deal, I know,
> but I have a question.
>
> Can a pump such as the NAPA or Facet be installed in-line with the 
> existing
> SU pump on my BT7, but not be powered until needed. That is, will it 
> operate
>
> similarly to the SU pump, in a pump-through or pull-through mode---without
> power?
>
> == Alex in Maine
>     "The Blue Mainie," 1960 Austin Healey 3000 BT7
>     "Conkling," 1946 MG TC #1321
>     Former owner 1957 A-H 100-6, 1967 A-H BJ8,
>     1965 MG Midget
>     http://users.adelphia.net/~alexmm/ai2q.htm
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