[TR] Electric Fuel Pump (was Re: 2018 Kastner Cup)

[DAVE HOGYE]

This is a very good idea.  Wonderfully simple.  Easy to store in your road kit.  

Another idea would be to install the electric pump in line and work it with a remote switch if/when needed.  A good friend has a Porsche 356 and installed a Facet pump just to prime the carbs before start up.  When it sits for a couple weeks, the carbs go dry and he had to crank it for too long to fill the float bowls.  Hence, the in-line Facet pump.  A perfect fix.  

Dave H.

> On July 8, 2018 at 4:59 PM Geo Hahn <ahwahneetr at gmail.com> wrote:
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>     On Sun, Jul 8, 2018 at 4:47 PM Andrew Uprichard < auprichard at uprichard.net mailto:auprichard at uprichard.net > wrote:
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> >         ...Headed out Friday for what was going to be an enjoyable, 100 mile trip.  Hit the 50 mile mark and it died.  Dead.  Fuel pump packed up.
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> >         ...Got home, hitched up the trailer and went to collect the car.
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>     This is a repost (from this morning) on another list - but timely due to Andrew'a misadventure so thought I'd repeat it here:
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>         > > I always carry a simple in-line electric fuel pump already plumbed to easily bypass the mechanical pump and connect to power. This is my get-me-home spare so I do not have to change the mechanical pump along the side of the road (at night, in the rain, wife sitting in the car, etc).
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> >         Unfortunately my bag of small TR3/4 spares went missing when I parked the car in a public place and (because the boot was in use with something bulky) I had to leave the bag on the seat. Oh well, everything in there could be easily replaced.
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> >         That lot included the electric fuel pump so I was pleasantly surprised to find this one on eBay:
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> >         https://www.ebay.com/itm/362170401702
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> >         A suitable (made in USA) pump for 11 bucks (including shipping) is quite a good deal.
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> >         To be ready for use I changed the outlet barbed fitting to ¼", added 2' of ¼" fuel line and a couple of alligator clips to the power & ground leads.
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> >         [Electric Fuel Pump.JPG]
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> >         In case it is not obvious, the 5/16" barb connects to the rubber line to the mechanical pump and the 2' hose to the ¼" hard line to the carbs.
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> >         I thought I'd pass it along as it is pretty cheap 'insurance' against a fuel pump failure.
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> >     > 
>     Geo 
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