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

[Rye Livingston]

I had installed a Facet fuel pump and found it really loud.  Our local repair shop, British Motorsports, recommended the Hardi pump, which is German.  I swapped them out and am very happy with it, and the Facet is my backup pump in my spares.

https://www.hardi-automotive.com/en/products/fuel-pumps/

I also bought the blank fuel pump plate to mount to the block from MOSS.

Rye
PH: 530-FIND-RYE

On Jul 09, 2018, at 10:13 AM, David Friedlander <forzion7 at gmail.com> wrote:

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. 

 

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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