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</head><body><p style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">This is a very good idea. Wonderfully simple. Easy to store in your road kit. </p><p style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">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. </p><p style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Dave H.</p><blockquote type="cite">On July 8, 2018 at 4:59 PM Geo Hahn <ahwahneetr@gmail.com> wrote: <br> <br><div dir="ltr"><div class="ox-70efce8a11-gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Sun, Jul 8, 2018 at 4:47 PM Andrew Uprichard < <a href="mailto:auprichard@uprichard.net">auprichard@uprichard.net</a>> wrote: <br></div><blockquote><div><img src="" id="image002.gif@01D416E9.7A882200" width="0" height="0" class="ox-70efce8a11-m_-1261101205066010896shape" style="display: none; width: 0; height: 0;"><div class="ox-70efce8a11-m_-1261101205066010896WordSection1"><p class="ox-70efce8a11-MsoNormal"> <br></p><br></div></div></blockquote><div> </div><blockquote><div><div class="ox-70efce8a11-m_-1261101205066010896WordSection1"><p class="ox-70efce8a11-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: #1f497d;">...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.</span></p><p class="ox-70efce8a11-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: #1f497d;"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="ox-70efce8a11-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: #1f497d;">...Got home, hitched up the trailer and went to collect the car.</span></p></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>This is a repost (from this morning) on another list - but timely due to Andrew'a misadventure so thought I'd repeat it here:</div><div><br></div><blockquote><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left; background-color: #fafafa; float: none; display: inline;">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).</span> <br style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left; background-color: #fafafa;"> <br style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left; background-color: #fafafa;"> <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left; background-color: #fafafa; float: none; display: inline;">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.</span> <br style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left; background-color: #fafafa;"> <br style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left; background-color: #fafafa;"> <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left; background-color: #fafafa; float: none; display: inline;">That lot included the electric fuel pump so I was pleasantly surprised to find this one on eBay:</span> <br style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left; background-color: #fafafa;"> <br style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left; background-color: #fafafa;"> <a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/362170401702" target="_blank" style="color: #125478; text-decoration: none; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left; background-color: #fafafa;" rel="noopener">https://www.ebay.com/itm/362170401702</a> <br style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left; background-color: #fafafa;"> <br style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left; background-color: #fafafa;"> <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left; background-color: #fafafa; float: none; display: inline;">A suitable (made in USA) pump for 11 bucks (including shipping) is quite a good deal.</span> <br style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left; background-color: #fafafa;"> <br style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left; background-color: #fafafa;"> <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left; background-color: #fafafa; float: none; display: inline;">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.</span> <br style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left; background-color: #fafafa;"> <br style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left; background-color: #fafafa;"><div><img src="cid:ii_jjdhzmoh0" id="ii_jjdhzmoh0" alt="Electric Fuel Pump.JPG" style="margin-right: 0px;"> <br></div><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left; background-color: #fafafa;"> <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left; background-color: #fafafa; float: none; display: inline;">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.</span> <br style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left; background-color: #fafafa;"> <br style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left; background-color: #fafafa;"> <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left; background-color: #fafafa; float: none; display: inline;">I thought I'd pass it along as it is pretty cheap 'insurance' against a fuel pump failure.</span></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Geo </div></div></div><br>** triumphs@autox.team.net ** <br> <br>Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html <br>Archive: http://www.team.net/archive <br>Forums: http://www.team.net/forums <br>Unsubscribe/Manage: http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/triumphs/dlhogye@comcast.net <br></blockquote></body></html>