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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Hello, Healeyphiles!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>As part of the preparation for the cross-country drive to Lake
Tahoe for Open Roads 2002, I added a generic electric backup fuel pump (P/N
E8016S, from Autozone) to my BJ8 with a switch under the dash that allows
switching to either pump, or turning both off. I chose to plumb the backup
pump into the system in series with the SU because the installation was much
simpler than doing it in parallel. That arrangement works perfectly well. Either
pump can pump through the inactive pump. All that was required was to cut the
hard fuel line from the SU to the carbs, which I had already done anyway to
install an in-line fuel filter there under the RH rear seat. To install the
backup pump then only required removing the filter, running new rubber fuel
hoses to complete the system, and reinstalling the filter. Quick access to
the pumps and the filter is done by using chrome screws from above into anchor
nuts on the seat structure, rather than having to remove a wheel to access the
seat stud nuts. I can remove the seat to have full access to both pumps, the
filter, the hoses, and the wiring (it also makes checking and topping up the
differential oil much easier). The backup pump is attached to the front wall
of the boot behind the rear axle. It is quiet with only a slight hum, and I
can’t hear it with the engine running.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>My usual practice is to run on the SU on an outbound leg of a
trip, then switch to the backup for the return. Three times since doing the
modification, I have had occasion to switch to the backup when the SU stumbled (in
the middle of Atlanta traffic) and twice when it failed to start the car.
These “failures” were only temporary because the SU performed just fine when
switched back later. I have since rebuilt the SU. After Conclave in Deadwood,
I joined the group touring the northern states, and decided to split off from
them and make a 160-mile detour alone over into Montana just to check that
state off my list. The weather that day was rainy and chilly. Just as I got
into Montana on an isolated country road, I felt the car suddenly failing to
respond to the accelerator. As soon as I figured out what was happening, I switched
to the SU and kept motoring. I was able to find another identical generic pump
at Autozone in Minot, ND the next morning and had it installed in about 15
minutes. I used it to get back to North Carolina. Easy peasy…. I was so glad
not to have to rely on having to install a spare carried in the boot, on the
side of the road, in the rain or in the dark.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Steve Byers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>HBJ8L/36666<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>BJ8 Registry<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>AHCA Delegate at Large<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Havelock, NC USA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Healeys
[mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>warthodson--- via
Healeys<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, February 16, 2020 10:20 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> eyera3000@gmail.com; healeys@autox.team.net<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Healeys] Facet Cube 12v Fuel Pump, 1/8 NPT, 2-3.5 psi |
Pegasus Auto Racing Supplies<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>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. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Gary Hodson <br>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>-----Original Message-----<br>
From: I Erbs <eyera3000@gmail.com><br>
To: Ahealey help <healeys@autox.team.net><br>
Sent: Sun, Feb 16, 2020 1:35 am<br>
Subject: [Healeys] Facet Cube 12v Fuel Pump, 1/8 NPT, 2-3.5 psi | Pegasus Auto
Racing Supplies<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a
href="https://www.pegasusautoracing.com/productdetails.asp?RecID=7550"
target="_blank">https://www.pegasusautoracing.com/productdetails.asp?RecID=7550</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Ira Erbs<br>
Portland, OR<br>
typos and errors generated by my phone<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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