[TR] [6pack] TR250/TR6 fuel pumps

[Greg Lemon]

The grass is always greener.  Lengthy discussions on the Healey list of how
to plumb and wire a back up electric pump so that the back up is ready to
go, or running double headed SU pumps as used on Jaguar and other more high
end cars.

I have had plenty of both, they have their benefits and drawbacks, but I
always felt they balanced out well enough to just stay with whatever the
car came with, or it's aftermarket equivalent.

I do like the tic tic tic of the SU as it fills up your float bowls after a
long sit, much easier than opening the hood and point the priming lever,
which I am usually to lazy to do.

Greg Lemon
TR250

On Sun, Jan 5, 2020, 3:58 PM Roger Elliott <elliottr at rmi.net> wrote:

> We go on a drive (400 - 600 miles) every year with a bunch of MGs,  which
> come electric pumps, and Triumphs. Most, if not all, MGs carry a spare
> electric pump that they can put in line quickly if one fails.  It hasn't
> happened in the last few years, but for quite a while it was normal for for
> at least one electric pump to go out on the drive.  There has never been a
> mechanical pump failure that I recall.
>
> I think, we have replaced the mechanical pump in my Spitfire and my wife's
> TR250 once each in over 30 years of owning both of them. Although, I did
> have to repair the one on the TR250, by staking the valve in place.
>
> I am happy with the mechanical ones.
>
> Roger
>
>
> On 1/5/20 8:42 AM, DAVID MASSEY wrote:
>
> +1
>
> I've run the same electric pump on my TR6 since the 1990's and it hasn't
> missed a beat (no pun intended).
>
> That said, I still have the original style pump on the TR3 for concours
> reasons.
>
> Dave
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob via 6pack <6pack at autox.team.net> <6pack at autox.team.net>
> To: dctr6 <dctr6 at optonline.net> <dctr6 at optonline.net>; 6pack
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> Sent: Sat, Jan 4, 2020 2:36 pm
> Subject: Re: [6pack] [TR] TR250/TR6 fuel pumps
>
> Dennis,
> I know this issue has been thrown around since the lists started but why
> not convert to an electronic pump? I have been running an electronic pump
> on my 3 for 20 years, my 4 for 15 and my 6 for 10. Zero issues. And no oil
> leaks from the pump or where it attaches to the block. No worry if the cam
> is too warn out to operate the lever.
> Bob
> On 1/4/20 2:40 PM, dctr6 at optonline.net wrote:
>
>    Does anybody know what the difference is between the fuel pump that
> Moss sells for $29.99 and the
> one that the Roadster Factory sells for $99 (besides the $70 price
> discrepancy)? They appear the same
> in the catalogs. I have traditionally bought from TRF and I believe the
> one they sell is made in Italy? Can
> the recently retired Peter Arkelian shed any light on this?  Thanks.
> Dennis Culligan, Highland, NY / 1976 TR6 CF57948U
>
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