<div dir="ltr"><div class="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 class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div bgcolor="white" background="cid:image002.gif@01D416E9.7A882200" lang="EN-US" link="#000099" vlink="#339966"><img src="cid:image002.gif@01D416E9.7A882200" width="0" height="0" class="m_-1261101205066010896shape" style="display:none;width:0;height:0"><div class="m_-1261101205066010896WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"></span></p></div></div></blockquote><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div bgcolor="white" background="cid:image002.gif@01D416E9.7A882200" lang="EN-US" link="#000099" vlink="#339966"><div class="m_-1261101205066010896WordSection1"><p class="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="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="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><a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/triumphs/ahwahneetr@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"></a></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 class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(250,250,250);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;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:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(250,250,250);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(250,250,250);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(250,250,250);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;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:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(250,250,250);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(250,250,250);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(250,250,250);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;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:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(250,250,250);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(250,250,250);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/362170401702" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(18,84,120);text-decoration:none;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(250,250,250)">https://www.ebay.com/itm/362170401702</a><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(250,250,250);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(250,250,250);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(250,250,250);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">A suitable (made in USA) pump for 11 bucks (including shipping) is quite a good deal.</span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(250,250,250);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(250,250,250);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(250,250,250);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;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:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(250,250,250);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(250,250,250);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><div><img src="cid:ii_jjdhzmoh0" alt="Electric Fuel Pump.JPG" style="margin-right: 0px;"><br></div><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(250,250,250);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(250,250,250);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;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:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(250,250,250);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(250,250,250);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(250,250,250);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;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>