[Healeys] Bendix Pumps

[Bob Spidell]

Bob,

Got a link to the Bendix pump you referred to?

TIA,
Bob



On 4/24/2023 2:46 AM, rfbegani at gmail.com wrote:
>
> Gentlemen:
>
> For your information for 40 years, I traveled the world selling 
> automotive and industrial products.  I was the regional director for 
> the Automotive Exporters Club and attended meetings in New York on a 
> regular basis. Many of the members were VP Sales International of 
> major automotive corporations.  The Bendix international sales manager 
> had been trying to convince the Healey group to switch over to their 
> pump for many years.  Finally, they agreed, and orders were being 
> prepared for the change over when the production of the Healey was 
> cancelled.
>
> The pump we are speaking about was developed by William Bendix in the 
> 20’s for use on airplanes because it was designed to allow fuel to 
> continue to flow when planes were upside down.  Over the years it has 
> been improved using solid state electrics and continues to perform to 
> provide fuel to engines operating on land, in the air, and on sea.  My 
> sailboat has a Kubota diesel engine with a Bendix fuel pump.  I was 
> having problems with starting the engine due to lack of fuel going to 
> the engine, so I changed the filters and forgot there is a screen 
> filter in the bottom of the Bendix Pump. Then I remembered, opened the 
> pump, and noticed the filter had been doing its job as it was packed 
> with yellow cake particles. After cleaning the filter in the Bendix 
> pump and purging the fuel tank of the crud the hard starting problem 
> was solved.  They just keep on ticking!
>
> Next time the fuel pump in my Healey gives me problems, I will change 
> it to a Bendix.
>
> Bob Begani
>
>
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