Dear Greg,
I have a new oil pump sitting on my desk that I am about to
install in my Triumph TR3 motor, in my Morgan, It is made by
'County Motor Vehicle Components' in England. Part # 836-000
(200155). I got it from Dick at BPC in Maine.
Regards.
Jeff Webster
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Http://www.BuyClassicCars.com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-morgans@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-morgans@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Greg Solow
> Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2000 2:16 AM
> To: vintage-race@autox.team.net; Friends of Triumph;
> Ted Schumacher;
> Morgans@autox.team.net; Mordy Dunst; Rick Bourne
> Subject: Triumph oil pump gear failure
>
>
> ATTENTION TR-2,3,4 owners and racers.
>
> I just had a car towed to my shop with a failed oil
> pump gear. The oil pump
> gears that have been supplied by TRF and by Moss USA
> appear to be made by
> the same people. The 4 lobed inner gear rotor is
> pinned to the shaft that
> drives it with a steel pin that appears the same as the
> originals that were
> produced by Holbourn Eaton ( I believe). On the pump
> that we inspected
> today, the pin had worked its way out of the rotor
> until it jammed against
> the outer rotor, siezing the pump and shearing the
> drive shaft that comes
> down from the distributor drive gear. This gear had
> been in service for
> 9,000 miles over a period of 3 years. There were no
> signs of anything that
> could have possiblly caused this failure. The pin
> appears to have worked
> itself loose on its own. (Unfortunately, the owner
> didn't shut the engine
> down in time even though he heard "knocking " noises
> and he drove the engine
> until it spun the rod bearings and siezed).
> According to Moss the warrantee on the oil pump
> gears is "one year,
> unlimited milage".
> As these are theonly pump gears available at this
> time, so far as I
> know, I am very concerned as it could be a major problem.
> As of yet, I don't know how big. I am going to
> check all of the gears I
> have in stock and try to press the pin out. I don't
> know how tight a press
> it should be . I will compre it to some original but
> worn out gears that I
> still have around.
>
> Regards, Greg Solow
>
> The Engine Room
>
> Santa Cruz, Ca.
>
>
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