[Healeys] Why carry spares

[Chris Dimmock]

Hi Ric,
I have a double ended SU pump. Switched with a 3 position Bugeye indicator
switch under the dash. Mine is set for both on; none on; one on. Every 6
months I change the 'one on' lead to the other pump end.
You could obviously use the same setup for left on: none on; right end on.
I switch to both on to start. Just so I know they both work. No other reason.
Driver check....
I use both on only on a circuit.
I also have a Malpassi fuel regulator/ filter right near the carbs.
You can regulate fuel flow. And it has a glass bowl so you can see filter
health without climbing under the car, getting soaked in fuel, etc....
Not a single fuel issue in 15 years with this setup.
Best
Chris
www.myaustinhealey.com.

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> On 17 Mar 2014, at 4:04 pm, Richard Kahn <tahoehealey at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Nice day so we went to the wine country in the Healey. Bought a dozen
> bottles
> of wine. On the way home the fuel pump stops (that will sober
> you up fast).
> OK, no problem, I carry a spare. Unload the wine from the
> boot and all the
> other junk I carry there. Pull out the spare fuel pump
> from under the
> battery. Bolt it on and fuel spills from the top AND and
> bottom gaskets.
> Remove wheel again, remove fuel pump again and take
> points from new pump and
> install on the original pump. So, if I hadn't
> had the spare, I wouldn't have
> had parts.
>
> While we were on the side of the road, nice people in a 50's Rolls Royce
> stopped. No help there and they didn't even have any Grey Poupon. A
> couple in
> a Sprite came by and waited till we got going and followed us
> home, some 70
> miles. Fortunately they live 3 miles away at Lake Tahoe.
> Small world or
> what?
>
> So now I know I have to repair the previously, professionally rebuilt pump