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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I used a Facet plastic body pump on a garden tractor and an International 6 cylinder gas engine and they work great. About $55 at a NAPA store. Noise? How would you ever hear it when the engine is running?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Alex Thomson<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> Triumphs [mailto:triumphs-bounces@autox.team.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>TeriAnn J. Wakeman<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, July 13, 2017 4:35 PM<br><b>To:</b> Triumph List<br><b>Subject:</b> [TR] TR3 fuel pump woes<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Adobe Garamond","serif"'>Did you ever have one of those days?</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Adobe Garamond","serif"'>I removed the fuel pump on my TR3 to get out an olive that was stuck in the outlet. Put the pump back on the engine & the pump didn't pump. The pump went on square and easily with no fit problems. Removed, replaced 5 or 6 times still no pumping.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Adobe Garamond","serif"'>Priming leaver works fine, lever inside the engine works fine when the pump is removed, CAM on CAM shaft appears to be OK. The only thing I can think of is that the lever is going to the side of the CAM, but it looks square to the pump's mounting service. There are 2 springs that centre the inside lever, and one feels a little weaker than the other but the lever appears centered on the shaft.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Adobe Garamond","serif"'>I've R&Red pumps half a dozen times previously and never had this problem. Suggestions?</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Adobe Garamond","serif"'>I'm looking at the Facet fuel pumps. One in the metal body, one in a black plastic body. I know the one in the black plastic body is really noisy. Any idea if the one in the metal body is any quieter? And yes I know about the rubber mounts.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Adobe Garamond","serif"'>TeriAnn</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Adobe Garamond","serif"'>Frustrated grumble</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>-- <o:p></o:p></p><p align=center style='text-align:center'><a href="http://overlandtravel.us">Book - The Essential Guide to Overland Travel in the United States and Canada</a> <br>2 years to write and 38 years of travel and camping to learn what to write<br><br><b>Because the world beckons and life waits for no one</b><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></body></html>