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Subject: Re: Fuel Pump
From: Norman Fair <NormFair@worldnet.att.net>
Date: Thu, 1 Aug 1996 12:46:32 +0000
At 11:03 AM 7/30/96 +0000, you wrote:
>Ok here I go agian......
>   I looked under the car at the fuel pump. Looks like a hose comes 
>from the tank to the pump and from the pump to the carb. I looked in 
>the book and it says that the pump is a low pressure pump. So can I 
>just place a universal fuel pump (24$ at Pep Boys) in the place of 
>the punp? (with diffrent hookups for the fuel line of corse)
>Anyone see any prob with doing this? I have talked to 2 people who 
>did this to there cars (not MG's) and they claim it works just fine. 
>Seems like it should work, plus if it ever dies I can get one right 
>away and not have to order one in. Any thoughts?
> 
>
>____________________________________________________________________
>"The first ten million years were the worst and the second ten million, 
>they were the worst too. The third ten million I didnt enjoy at all. After
>that I went into a bit of a decline."  
> - Marvin reflecting back on his 576,000,003,579 year career as Milliways'
car park attendent.
>Keith Fisher Fisherk@GAS.UUG.ARIZONA.EDU      
>___________________________________________________________________
>
>          
> I had one of those fuel pumps in a '76 B and whenever I was idling for
long periods like in a traffic jam, the pump would overheat and shut off.
However, it may have been because of the location: engine compartment near
the radiator so air could come through one of the oil cooler pipe pass throughs.


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