[TR] TR6 fuel pump lever

[Tim Gaines]

Yeah, Bill and Jack; you got me. Don't know how my eye went to the fuel pump without a priming lever that had "NA" next to it in Moss but missed the one right above it that has the lever and IS available. Sheesh. It's interesting (to me) that the one with the lever does not have the spring that was on mine. However, there is an AC pump for TR4 (different shape) that does have the lever and the spring. I think the DPO (long ago now) must have thought he needed to put a spring on it. It did look like it was forced onto an assembly that didn't have it originally. It definitely was not the TR4 pump, but it had that spring (sort of) attached. Anyway, I feel better about having taken the spring off.

Thanks guys,
Tim

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jack Mc" <McGaheyRx at aol.com>
To: "Tim Gaines" <mtgaines at presby.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2018 1:38:00 PM
Subject: Re: [TR] TR6 fuel pump lever

Moss lists 377-061 fuel pump assembly exact replacement with priming lever as “in stock” for $34.99  
These are readily rebuildable, but, for that price, I think I’m going to order one today.
Having said that, it doesn’t sound to me like your problem was the fuel pump.

Cheers, 
Jack Mc

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> On May 29, 2018, at 10:02 AM, Tim Gaines <mtgaines at presby.edu> wrote:
> 
> I was stranded briefly the other day when my TR6 started, sputtered, died, and wouldn't start again. On inspection of the fuel pump I saw a bent wire sticking out near the manual pumping lever. It's an AC pump, original I'm pretty sure. I disconnected the fuel line from the pump, cranked the engine, and got a big squirt of gas. Next I looked for spark from the coil wire and got it. Then I looked inside the distributor, saw nothing but clean contacts and walls, pulled on the spring-loaded center contact a bit, replaced the cap, and cranked the engine again. Started right up. Hard to believe I did anything to fix the problem, so I pulled the fuel pump when I got home. The bent wire turned out to be a spring designed to pull back when the manual lever was pushed, but it was bent and detached from one side. It turns out that the lever springs back nicely without the wire in place. I cleaned up everything and replaced the pump without the spring. Then I saw that the pump is unavai
> lable at
>  Moss and Victoria British and sells for $120 at TRF! The spring is not available. There is a replacement pump without a manual lever for only $30. I probably could bend the spring back into shape, but I'm leaning against doing anything. Is that spring really necessary?
> 
> I'll probably buy the $30 pump and keep it with all the other spare parts I carry, but I'm curious about the original pump.
> 
> Tim Gaines
> Clinton, SC
> 1974 TR6
> 1980 Spitfire
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