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<DIV>Midel are still going strong in Aust</DIV>
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<DIV>Graeme M</DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title=simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com>simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com</A>
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<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, June 21, 2018 6:34 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=bspidell@comcast.net>'Bob Spidell'</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Cc:</B> <A title=healeys@autox.team.net>Healeys</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Healeys] solid state pump</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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style="COLOR: windowtext; mso-fareast-language: en-us">I suppose I’ve been lucky
but have had no trouble with rebuilt pumps. I imagine, with regard to points,
one has to have the right source. I get mine from Burlen in the UK who,
incidentally, seem to have improved a lot recently. (But maybe Burlen supply
everyone else?)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: windowtext; mso-fareast-language: en-us">Also from Midel in
Australia. Not sure if they’re still going? At one stage, it was cheaper and
<B><U>quicker</U></B> to get parts from them in Oz than from Burlen in UK, 80
miles from my front door. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: windowtext; mso-fareast-language: en-us">The rebuilt pumps are
still going strong. I think the “turn the body of the pump round by one more
bolt hole” advice is worthwhile.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: windowtext; mso-fareast-language: en-us">I remain aware of SU’s
potential for failure and tried to hedge my bets by installing a double-ender
before a long foreign trip. I hope it serves to be similar to carrying a spare
but, so long as you switch ends occasionally, you don’t run the risk of the
replacement being dead right out of the box……that being something which I’ve
heard of, but not experienced. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: windowtext; mso-fareast-language: en-us">One can find the
double-enders on eBay or Autojumbles. Usually cheap. They often look so grotty
that one would leave them alone, forgetting that one’s going to refurbish them
inside and out??<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: windowtext; mso-fareast-language: en-us">I do like the roadside
pic from the desert. If that happened to me, over here, it would start to rain.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: windowtext; mso-fareast-language: en-us">Simon<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="COLOR: windowtext; mso-fareast-language: en-us"><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="COLOR: windowtext">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="COLOR: windowtext"> Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net] <B>On
Behalf Of </B>Bob Spidell<BR><B>Sent:</B> 21 June 2018 02:47<BR><B>To:</B>
healeys@autox.team.net<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Healeys] solid state
pump<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p></o:p> </P>
<P>Years ago, I bought a kit from SU to convert a points-type pump to solid
state. The conversion steps were fairly complex and the kit came with a
'special' forked spacer to set the gap properly. I think it would be
problematic to (re-)set the gap, esp. without this tool. FWIW, after
following the steps carefully the converted pump only worked a few hundred miles
before dying.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P>Some have had good luck with points, but I would only get a few thousand
miles on a set, and the aftermarket points I've seen in the last few years
appear to be of poor quality. I've had some success with Dave DuBois
repairs/conversions, with one going over 30K miles, but one failed me recently
in the CA/NV desert after only a few hundred miles. Still, with all their
faults, I can't bring myself to give up on the SUs.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P>Bob<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p></o:p> </P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>On 6/20/2018 4:35 PM, Alan Seigrist
wrote:<o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal>Sorry you didn't get an answer to this. <o:p></o:p></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><o:p></o:p> </P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal>I'd recommend removing the diaphragm and cleaning the rod
and also the hole with a pipe cleaner and some WD 40. It can get cruddy
rusty in there if the diaphragm is not running all the
time.<o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><o:p></o:p> </P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal>Best,<o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><o:p></o:p> </P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal>Alan<o:p></o:p></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><o:p></o:p> </P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>On Tue, Jun 5, 2018 at 7:05 AM, healeymanjim <<A
target=_blank>healeymanjim@hansencc.net</A>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt">need some help from you
electrical gurus on the list. bought a solid state SU from moss a few
years back(pos gnd). i used <BR>it for a month or so then decided to
use it for my spare. i kept it in the trunk(boot) until a few days ago
when my regular <BR>pump blew a check valve. put the solid state on an
it failed to operate. the solenoid failed to work. i finally got
it to where <BR>it would move the diaphram but at a vastly reduced
rate. removing the electric part from the valve body allowed it to
<BR>operate a little faster, but still at a reduced rate. no clue as
to what is happening here, but will entertain all
suggestions.<o:p></o:p></P></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV><PRE><o:p></o:p> </PRE></BLOCKQUOTE>
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