[TR] TR3 fuel pump woes

[TERRY SMITH]

Hi, TeriAnn. I've been running the metal Facet pump for about a dozen years. Flip the key on, you can hear it, but engage the starter and the engine is running I can't hear it. I mounted it just in front of the rear driver wheel well, on the frame, with rubber vibration dampers. I carry a spare in the trunk. It's quick to pop on, quick to pop off in case of failure, which happened once. I think Randall all that time ago suggested running it through the manual pump so if one stopped the other could pick up?

Terry Smith, '59 TR3A
New Hampshire


> On July 13, 2017 at 7:14 PM "TeriAnn J. Wakeman" <tjwakeman at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>     On 7/13/17 3:10 PM, glemon at neb.rr.com mailto:glemon at neb.rr.com wrote:
> 
>         > > 
> >         I had a metal body facet pump years ago, it was as noisy or noisier than the plastic one, but maybe things have changed...
> > 
> >         I somehow mounted the mechanical pump on my old 4a so that it was off the cam, but I actually hamfistedly bent the arm on that one so the cam wasn't hitting it.  Doesn't sound like it is doing anythithing that drastic.  Prime it?
> > 
> >     > Pump is working. Both interior & primer handles pump the pump, but somehow the CAM is not pumping the interior lever no matter how squarely I remount the pump
> 
>         > > 
> > 
> >         ---- "TeriAnn J. Wakeman" <tjwakeman at gmail.com> mailto:tjwakeman at gmail.com wrote: 
> > 
> >             > > > 
> > >             Did you ever have one of those days?
> > > 
> > >             I removed the fuel pump on my TR3 to get out an olive that was stuck in 
> > >             the outlet. Put the pump back on the engine & the pump didn't pump. The 
> > >             pump  went on square and easily with no fit problems. Removed, replaced 
> > >             5 or 6 times still no pumping.
> > > 
> > >             Priming leaver works fine, lever inside the engine works fine when the 
> > >             pump is removed, CAM on CAM shaft appears to be OK. The only thing I can 
> > >             think of is that the lever is going to the side of the CAM, but it looks 
> > >             square to the pump's mounting service. There are 2 springs that centre 
> > >             the inside lever, and one feels a little weaker than the other but the 
> > >             lever appears centered on the shaft.
> > > 
> > >             I've R&Red pumps half a dozen times previously and never had this 
> > >             problem. Suggestions?
> > > 
> > >             I'm looking at the Facet fuel pumps. One in the metal body, one in a 
> > >             black plastic body. I know the one in the black plastic body is really 
> > >             noisy. Any idea if the one in the metal body is any quieter? And yes I 
> > >             know about the rubber mounts.
> > > 
> > >             TeriAnn
> > > 
> > >             Frustrated grumble
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