[Mgs] Reliable Fuel Pump

[Jack Feldman]

A reliable fuel pump is a close as your NAPA store. J.C. Whitney has them
also. They come in several shapes, I prefer the JC cube pump wich can have
any one of several manufactures labels on it, or even none. The one you want
puts out 3 1/2 lbs of pressure. They work either positive or negative
ground.

I never knew how god the pumps were on the cars I bought so I added one of
the cube pumps (~$46. JC, $79 from Moss for the same pump) and a single
pole, double throw, center off switch. All three cars have them. Two of the
cars had their SU fail, but neither were stranded. Just a flick of the
switch, and we were back on the road.

Before there were collector MGs, I bought a clapped out Jaguar XK140. I
didn't know about defensive maneuvers, and carrying spare parts. While
driving in very rural Illinois, the car began to sputter. I had read both
the manual and the parts book carefully and in a stroke of inspiration,
knowing the fuel pump was located under the passengers side door, I , asked
my wife to slam her door. It worked, and every time the car faltered she
opened the door and slammed it. When I got to my destination I went to the
local BMC dealer and had a Bendix put in.

There is no reason to get stuck because of a fuel pump.

Jack .


It would seem that the real marketing opportunity would be for someone to
provide a standard configuration fuel pump that operated reliably.


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Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the primer red one with chrome wires