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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Gentlemen:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>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. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>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!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Next time the fuel pump in my Healey gives me problems, I will change it to a Bendix.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Bob Begani<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>