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

[David Friedlander]

Geo;

The pump in your photo appears to be an Airtex E8318 but the one
in the eBay link you sent is a Delphi.

Did you opt for Airtex  [https://tinyurl.com/yct9q76q]
for another reason?

Dave


On Mon, Jul 9, 2018 at 9:38 AM Irv Korey <emanteno at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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