[TR] Question on Fuel pumps TR3-4

[Keith Stewart]

I believe the $195 TRF pump is a much higher quality, made in Italy (like
the TR6 pump) version. Many of the cheaper repro units do not have clips to
hold the hinge for the priming lever in place like the original pumps.
Another repro offered by Moss (don't know if they still carry this pump) had
fittings attached to the inlet and outlet threads to strengthen the pump
threaded portion. Also, I believe the Italian pump has the rubber seal in
the bottom of the pump (like the original) that is designed to keep engine
oil out of the bottom chamber of the pump. Of course, if the diaphragm
between the upper and lower chambers fails (allowing fuel into the lower
chamber) and there is no rubber seal, fuel could also enter the engine oil.


Keith Stewart
keithstewart at bell.net



-----Original Message-----

> 
> Still, $195 is pretty strong for an LBC fuel pump.  Maybe a typo?
> 

Possible, but I don't know.  My guess would be that they've gone out of
their way to get a pump made by someone with rights to use the AC name, so
it can have the 'correct' AC logo on it.  And the price reflects what it
wound up costing them.

A genuine AC water pump for my Buick was almost $300 even with what I assume
was a much smaller markup; they don't sell cheap.  Chinese knockoffs are a
lot cheaper of course, but they can't copy the logo and still sell in this
country.

BTW, I found a 2003 TRF catalog that shows the list price for REP340 went up
to $37.  And it no longer mentions the lack of priming lever.

-- Randall
56 TR3 TS13571L once and future daily driver
71 Stag LE1473 - awaiting engine rebuild
71-2-3 Stag - awaiting gearbox rebuild