[Healeys] Facet Cube 12v Fuel Pump, 1/8 NPT, 2-3.5 psi | Pegasus Auto Racing Supplies

[Alan Seigrist]

I think in an urban context like in San Francisco, when I was driving
across the Bay Bridge all the time, I couldn't afford to have the pump crap
out on me.  I had one friend it happened to, and his BJ8  was totalled when
he came to a stop on the upper deck with a faulty SU pump (he didn't know
he should carry a mallot in the car to whack the back panel with!).

I replaced my SU, which was very temperamental, with a facet bendix style
pump which was more reliable, cheap and quiet.  As I got older, the
electronic SUs became available and I switched back.   I think the main
thing was the contacts were really fiddly, and if driving all the time...
at some point would fail.

Best,

Alan

On Sun, Feb 16, 2020 at 11:20 PM warthodson--- via Healeys <
healeys at autox.team.net> wrote:

> Why do so many people replace an original SU pump that has lasted decades
> with an aftermarket pump that requires modifying the fuel lines, adding
> additional fittings, clamps & altering the mounting brackets (all
> additional sources of failures), vibrates continuously, etc, when it would
> be so much easier & more original to simply replace it with a new highly
> reliable SU fuel pump? If you are concerned about being stranded at the
> side of the road, carry a spare SU or even better install it in parallel &
> wire up a selector switch so you can switch between the two pumps.
> Gary Hodson
>
>
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