I had the same problem with a carter pump in my Tiger. It started quiting on
me at the Turkey Rod Run in Daytona last Thanksgiving. The interstates down
here have tractor treads along the sides to wake you up when you go to
sleep. I found out they are just the thing to start a balky fuel pump in the
middle of the night. Worked four times on the way home.
NK
----- Original Message -----
From: Steve Laifman <Laifman@Flash.Net>
To: <ZUKPJ86@aol.com>
Cc: Tiger's Den <tigers@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2000 7:05 AM
Subject: Re: Holly Red Fuel Pump Failures
> ZUKPJ86@aol.com wrote:
>
> > Wow!
> > At least with the OEM tiger pump, I 've usually been able to get home
with a
> > few stiff smacks to unstick the breaker points! If you practice your
back
> > hand enough, you can do this from the driving position!
> >
> > Good luck,
> > Paul in PA
>
> Paul,
>
> Loved your SU reply. I feel about the same. When I had my MG-TD MKII, in
1952,
> it had dual parallel SU pumps, rather than the previous single. That way
you had
> no idea that a pump had failed until they both had failed. Couldn't ever
get the
> design concept clear on that one.
>
> Used to carry a "bumpershoot" in the "boot" (area behind the seat). When
the car
> ran out of gas in the high speed lane of the freeway, I would grab the
"tool",
> jump out of the car, fling open the latched, hinged right side "bonnet"
next
> lane - high speed traffic!) and give the pumps a good thwack until they
started
> clattering. Then shut and latch the hood, jump into the driver's seat
(deftly
> avoiding the speeding cars on my right, and the curses of the line of
stalled cars
> behind me), crank it up, and tear away at a good 60 miles an hour (some
20
> seconds or more later). If I had the windshield folded, I would really
have been
> in tough shape.
>
> {9->
>
> Don't we have fun? The Jag XK 120's pump was nicely hidden under the floor
boards,
> and much more difficult to get to, even though the 0-60 times were much
better.
> Fortunately, that one didn't fail.
>
> Steve
>
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