[Spridgets] Dies

[Linda Grunthaner]

Good to hear Mike, I'm finally going to put those extra parts in my boot
for road trips, I'll order one now : ) I do remember to keep my tank full
if fuel because I don't want my Sprite fuel tank to get any rust.
Happy Spridget-ing,
Lin


On Sat, Aug 3, 2013 at 6:49 PM, Michael MacLean <rrengineer.mike at att.net>wrote:

> Linda,
>      Next time buy the pump from Aircraft Spruce. (Google them) It's only
> 36 bucks for the same flow Facet pump.
>
> http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/eppages/facetpumps.php?clickkey=14306
>
> The first pump listed is what I bought a few months ago to replace the
> Facet pump I had in my Bugeye. Unfortunately, it was only $26 then. Must
> have raised their prices. Still cheaper though.  One word of caution.
> Don't let these Facet pumps run dry for any length of time.  I let my tank
> run dry because my son "borrowed" some gas from my parked Bugeye in the
> garage At the time I did not have a working gas gauge due to a bad sending
> unit.  I remembered filling up recently and just took off with the car for
> a friend's house.  By the time I got there, the pump was furiously ticking
> away on a dry tank.  After that it would not pump fuel very well and I got
> stranded leaving the car show we showed the Bugeye at with my friend when
> it died by the side of the road.  I thought it was the fuel filter and I
> bypassed it on the side of the road with a length of plastic tubing I
> begged from a nearby garage. The car started up and I thought I had solved
> the problem.  On the way home I was trying to pass a car on the freeway and
> the pump could not keep up.   The engine almost died again.  I limped it
> home and replaced the pump and the filter.  Runs better than ever now.  Oh,
> and I replaced the fuel sending unit, so now after ten years of no gas
> gauge I don't have to dip the tank anymore and my son will not be
> "borrowing" any more gas.
> Mike MacLean
> 60 Sprite
> 56 BN2
>
>
>   ------------------------------
>  *From:* Linda Grunthaner <grunthaner at gmail.com>
> *To:* Robert Duquette <RobertDuquette at sympatico.ca>
> *Cc:* Spridgets <spridgets at autox.team.net>
> *Sent:* Saturday, August 3, 2013 2:56 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [Spridgets] Dies
>
> Robert does this mean it's fixed?
> BTW after going through 2 NAPA elect fuel pumps in 4 years I finally bought
> a Facet
> https://www.pegasusautoracing.com/productdetails.asp?RecID=9616
> So far so good.
> Linda