[Healeys] fuel pump mounting plate

Stephen Hutchings s.hutchings at rogers.com
Wed Jul 4 09:21:20 MDT 2012


Hi Simon,
I just put in my new bracket and pump, and the bolts go into captive nuts.
Stephen, BJ8

>Hi,
>
>I've bought and "rebuilt" ,with two kits, a double ended SU fuel pump and
>mounting bracket. Both ex 12 cyl E-type.
>
>
>
>Come hell or high water I'm going to put that in my 3000.
>
>My car, a lateish MkII BT7, has an AUF 301 which - I think - continued
>through the BJ7 And BJ8s. It is mounted on the RHS, UK driver's side, away
>from the exhaust.
>
>
>
>In order to get the new pump in I need to  make a new or adapt the existing
>mounting plate ie the right angled bracket thingie which is bolted onto the
>body work with two 7/16th bolts. Neither my pump or its mounting bracket are
>in my BMC parts manual which appears to stop about half an hour before my
>car was built!
>
>My question is:- do these bolts crew into "captive" nuts or will loosening
>these bolts necessitate me ungluing carpets etc for access to the
>consequently loosened and rotating nuts via the interior?? (If one poked
>something through the bolt holes, I'd estimate that it would emerge about
>half way down the flat, carpeted, vertical rising from the floor behind the
>front seat to the RHS rear seat. Feeling through the carpet, there does
>appear to be something there.)
>
>Thanks,
>
>Simon
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