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

[Irv Korey]

That inline switched electric pump is also great for filling the bowls on a
hot day after a drive,  and if your carbs start heat soaking while sitting
in traffic.

Irv Korey
74 TR6 CF22767
Highland Park,  IL

On Mon, Jul 9, 2018, 6:46 AM DAVE HOGYE <dlhogye at comcast.net> wrote:

> 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:
>
> On Sun, Jul 8, 2018 at 4:47 PM Andrew Uprichard < auprichard at uprichard.net>
> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> ...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.
>
>
>
> ...Got home, hitched up the trailer and went to collect the car.
>
>
>
> This is a repost (from this morning) on another list - but timely due to
> Andrew'a misadventure so thought I'd repeat it here:
>
> 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).
>
> 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.
>
> That lot included the electric fuel pump so I was pleasantly surprised to
> find this one on eBay:
>
> https://www.ebay.com/itm/362170401702
>
> A suitable (made in USA) pump for 11 bucks (including shipping) is quite a
> good deal.
>
> 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.
>
> [image: Electric Fuel Pump.JPG]
>
> 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.
>
> I thought I'd pass it along as it is pretty cheap 'insurance' against a
> fuel pump failure.
>
>
> Geo
>
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