[TR] Let loose the flood...New questions:

[wbeech at flash.net]

Thanks guys, I guess my fuel pump must be on this thread as well, today it
started leaking like a sieve through the little vent hole.  I suppose misery
loves company.

Looks like it is re-build time, but I have two questions:
1. Can you replace everything 'in situ' except the pump-to-block gasket?  I
am not sure that I can even get the pump off with the tight clearance
against the inner wing.
2. I notice that a rebuild kit from Moss is about $19 while the kit from TRF
is $36.  What is the difference, can someone offer a recommendation?

Thank to all,

Bill Beecher
'58 TR-3A TS/30766 L (On the road in 2009!)
'59 TR-3A TS/64974 LO (in buckets, for sale... anyone?)
"A Triumph is man's best friend, it always comes when it is called...of
course, some times it is difficult to make it go"



-----Original Message-----
From: triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net
[mailto:triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Tom Walling & Wendy
Rose
Sent: Monday, June 08, 2009 9:30 PM
To: Mark Hooper; triumphs at autox.team.net

When this happened to me, the culprit was a torn diaphragm in the mechanical
fuel pump which allowed the gas to drain directly into the engine.  Simple
draining and replacing the oil and filter were all that were needed to get
my oil pressure back, and I replaced the pump with an electric one to avoid
a repeat performance.