On Tue, 2 Aug 1994, Christopher Ball wrote:
> O.K. I almost drove Chip Old over the edge with the Sparking Plug
> thread I began. Got good info though.
I was already over the edge, so don't worry about it. :)
> My Healey has a brand new SU pump. If I leave it for a week without
> driving it I have to bang it a good one to get it going EVERY time. Looks
> great in the parking lot and crawling under a Healey is hard for
> SNAKES to do!
>
> I have cleaned and gapped the beast to no avial. Any suggestions?
When S.U. pumps have done that to me, it's always been due to one (or
any combination) of three things:
(1) Points and rockers out of adjustment.
(2) Diaphragm not flexed correctly at assembly (or hardened and
inflexible in an old pump).
(3) Valve disc stuck to its seat.
All of these arew relatively easy to fix, but would take too much
bandwidth to describe here. Most lbc shop manuals describe the
procedures in detail.
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Chip Old 1948 M.G. TC TC6710 NEMGTR #2271
feold@umd5.umd.edu 1962 Triumph TR4 CT3154LO (daily transportation)
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