[Spridgets] Fuel Pump HELL......suggestions for a "GOOD" fuel pump please.

[David Riker]

I just got home and caught all your emails.  Tough day at the races...

As for fuel pump, why go aftermarket at all?  Order a brand new SU fuel 
pump.  The new ones are solid state and will last almost forever.  When you 
consider how frustrating it has been going through napa pumps, throw in the 
towel and order the real thing from Ed or Peter.  If they don't have them, 
SU pumps are listed on ebay.

As for the fuel filter, only one person has suggested putting it before the 
pump, everybody else suggested putting it after.  The way I see it, if you 
have the strainer intact in the tank, any bit large enough to damage the 
fuel pump would be caught in the tank strainer.  You want the filter as 
close to the carburetors as possible, to catch any sediment that may be in 
the fuel due to dirty fuel, fuel tank rusting, fuel pump wear, hose 
disintegration, and fuel line rusting.

As for the slow crank, look in the following order:
Loose or coroded connections
Weak or faulty battery
Starter Motor failure.

The symptoms sounded to me like starter motor failure.  Tell tale signs are 
that is had been cranking ok but requiring more and more current to perform, 
that is sounded like a weak battery, and finally that you had enough current 
to smell hot electrical, but still no cranking.

Good luck.
David Riker

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Linda Grunthaner" <grunthaner at gmail.com>
To: "Peter Caldwell" <peter at nosimport.com>
Cc: "Spridget list" <spridgets at autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, May 15, 2010 12:44 PM
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Fuel Pump HELL......suggestions for a "GOOD" fuel 
pump please.


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