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Re: MGB fuel pump question

To: steve chang <schang@cis.ohio-state.edu>
Subject: Re: MGB fuel pump question
From: Art Pfenninger <ch155@FreeNet.Buffalo.EDU>
Date: Sat, 18 Oct 1997 14:59:27 -0400 (EDT)
        Is the ground wire ok? Try bypassing it with a short piece of wire
connected to the spring or something.
...Art 

On Fri, 17 Oct 1997, steve chang wrote:

> Hello all,
>       A quick question regarding a dead fuel pump.  I got stranded the other 
>day after the '68 B died.  I determined that the fuel pump had broken because 
>no fuel came out of the line at the carbs when I turned on the ignition and 
>there was no audible clicking.
>       I ordered a new SU pump (negative ground) and installed it today.  It 
>doesn't work either.  I checked the wiring and I get 12 volts ok.  I tried 
>running the pump both with the out/in fuel lines connected and not.  Neither 
>scenario resulted in the pump coming on.  Am I right in assuming that even if 
>there was a clogged line the pump should still start up when the key is 
>turned?  Does this mean that both the old pump and the new one are broken?  
>Should I send it back and get a third?
> TIA.
> 
> Steve
> -- 
> schang@cis.ohio-state.edu          | CIS Engineering 
> stchang@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu  | The Ohio State University
> 


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