<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff">Many good points (yuk yuk) are made in this string and much of the answer probably lies with different personal experiences, philosophy re originality, tolerance for potential roadside repair, etc. etc.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff">Several years back I installed a double-headed SU Dave Dubois rebuilt and converted to solid-state mounted, with a bit of customization, where the original SU did, which previously had been backed up by a FACET cube spliced into the fuel line inside the wheel arch. Both setups were/are wired with an on-off-on switch mounted discreetly behind the driver's seat. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff">Plus's for this set up: Instant redundancy for the motor with fewer plumbing fittings and wires, plus what I feel is a certain elegance for having an upgraded SU part tucked away out of plain site. The biggest negative is that the pump section is shared, and if it fails it fails to both motors.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff">Personally I do not like cube pumps of any brand and on my Weber-carb'd race cars, both of which have Weber DCOE 45's, I use a Carter 4070 plumbed through a Holly fuel pressure regulator. Fuel pump failure during racing is, to me, unacceptable and the Carters have been foolproof in race conditions since installation over ten years ago. However for a street Healey I am willing to run the risk of a roadside repair such as that pictured by Bob Spidell, and do carry a FACET cube which I can install into the fuel circuit given some rubber tubing, clamps, etc.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff">Different strokes.... </div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff">Best--Michael Oritt</div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff"><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Feb 16, 2020 at 5:39 PM Kees Oudesluijs <<a href="mailto:coudesluijs@chello.nl">coudesluijs@chello.nl</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p>Mylar, You could well be right. I was always told it was kevlar
but when I think of it this may be wrong. If I look up mylar, it
certainly has the right properties.</p>
<p>Kees Oudesluijs</p>
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<div>Op 16-2-2020 om 20:30 schreef Bob
Spidell:<br>
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I must be the outlier; I've had many SU pumps fail on the road
over the years (maybe, because until recently I was putting 5-7K
miles/year on my BJ8?). I've bought new points-based, rebuilt
several--for a few years the replacement points were pure
crap--bought new SU electronic and built SU electronic from kits
and had the late Dave DuBois rebuild several (now in pieces on the
bench). Still, I stick with them hoping for one of the legendary
points type that supposedly last a million miles.<br>
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I always thought/assumed the film on the diaphragm face was mylar
(not kevlar).<br>
<br>
Bob<br>
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<div>On 2/16/2020 11:09 AM, <a href="mailto:josef-eckert@t-online.de" target="_blank">josef-eckert@t-online.de</a>
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<p style="margin:0px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-decoration:none">Mike,<br>
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<p style="margin:0px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-decoration:none">I
never understand it. I have the original pumps in all my
Austin-Healeys and only restored them together with the car.
They never let me stranded. In case I have an identical one
(also restored) in the boot. It helped several who broke
down with their Facett, Mitsuba, Hardi, etc. pumps.</span></p>
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<p style="margin:0px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-decoration:none">Josef
Eckert</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-decoration:none">Königswinter/Germany</span></p>
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<p style="margin:0px">Betreff: Re: [Healeys] Facet Cube 12v
Fuel Pump, 1/8 NPT, 2-3.5 psi | Pegasus Auto Racing Supplies</p>
<p style="margin:0px">Datum: 2020-02-16T20:03:40+0100</p>
<p style="margin:0px">Von: "Michael Salter" <a href="mailto:michaelsalter@gmail.com" target="_blank"><michaelsalter@gmail.com></a></p>
<p style="margin:0px">An: <a href="mailto:warthodson@aol.com" target="_blank">"warthodson@aol.com"</a>
<a href="mailto:warthodson@aol.com" target="_blank"><warthodson@aol.com></a></p>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;font-size:small">"Why do so many people
replace an original SU pump that has lasted decades"</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;font-size:small">Because the replacement
ones are nice and shiny and gold coloured ... they must be
better ��</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;font-size:small">M</div>
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<div class="gmail_attr" dir="ltr">On Mon, Feb 17, 2020 at
4:20 AM warthodson--- via Healeys <<a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank">healeys@autox.team.net</a>>
wrote:</div>
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<div style="color:black;font:10pt arial">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.
<div>Gary Hodson <br>
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