<div dir="auto">That inline switched electric pump is also great for filling the bowls on a hot day after a drive, and if your carbs start heat soaking while sitting in traffic. <div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Irv Korey</div><div dir="auto">74 TR6 CF22767</div><div dir="auto">Highland Park, IL</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Mon, Jul 9, 2018, 6:46 AM DAVE HOGYE <<a href="mailto:dlhogye@comcast.net">dlhogye@comcast.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><u></u>
<div><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 <<a href="mailto:ahwahneetr@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">ahwahneetr@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <br> <br><div dir="ltr"><div class="m_1673093540943632157ox-70efce8a11-gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Sun, Jul 8, 2018 at 4:47 PM Andrew Uprichard < <a href="mailto:auprichard@uprichard.net" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">auprichard@uprichard.net</a>> wrote: <br></div><blockquote><div><img id="m_1673093540943632157image002.gif@01D416E9.7A882200" width="0" height="0" class="m_1673093540943632157ox-70efce8a11-m_-1261101205066010896shape" style="display:none;width:0;height:0"><div class="m_1673093540943632157ox-70efce8a11-m_-1261101205066010896WordSection1"><p class="m_1673093540943632157ox-70efce8a11-MsoNormal"> <br></p><br></div></div></blockquote><div> </div><blockquote><div><div class="m_1673093540943632157ox-70efce8a11-m_-1261101205066010896WordSection1"><p class="m_1673093540943632157ox-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="m_1673093540943632157ox-70efce8a11-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:'Calibri','sans-serif';color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="m_1673093540943632157ox-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" style="color:#125478;text-decoration:none;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;text-align:left;background-color:#fafafa" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">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="m_1673093540943632157ii_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>** <a href="mailto:triumphs@autox.team.net" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">triumphs@autox.team.net</a> ** <br> <br>Donate: <a href="http://www.team.net/donate.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a> <br>Archive: <a href="http://www.team.net/archive" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">http://www.team.net/archive</a> <br>Forums: <a href="http://www.team.net/forums" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">http://www.team.net/forums</a> <br>Unsubscribe/Manage: <a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/triumphs/dlhogye@comcast.net" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/triumphs/dlhogye@comcast.net</a> <br></blockquote></div>
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