Yo Peter,
We are talking about the FACET pump tick. "It" is annoying. It is much
louder than the SU. It is not very timeless. My glorious SU tick stopped so
I bought the other style from NAPA.
The NAPA inline cylinder style is very quiet.
Wee
S
>From: "Peter Svilans" <peter.svilans@rogers.com>
>Reply-To: "Peter Svilans" <peter.svilans@rogers.com>
>To: <Healeys@autox.team.net>
>Subject: Improvements- Fuel Pump
>Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 11:19:37 -0400
>
> Okay that's it ! This thread has gone too far !
>
> I've been mildly tolerating this business of "lets replace everything
>with
>Asian or American parts to make it better" BUT:
>
> "IT DOES NOT MAKE THAT ANNOYING TICKING SOUND" is treading on sacred
>ground !
>
> I consider the ticking of an SU fuel pump to be an integral part of
>the
>experience of owning and driving a British car. One of the joys of
>lighting
>up my BN 6 is waiting for the blub, blub,
>blub......blub...................blub to tell me that all is well with the
>fuel system. The rate of ticking is an indicator of vapour lock or an air
>leak. I even listen for it while driving- the regular ticking is
>reassuring
>and is as much a part of the experience as the musical "whoom" of the
>exhaust,
>the faint whine as the overdrive kicks in, and the wind noise around the
>sidescreens.
>
> This venerable old Skinners Union product has given me 50,000 miles
>of
>trouble-free motoring, ( apart from an initial vapour lock problem caused
>by
>the brilliant Austin design department locating the poor pump directly over
>the exhaust pipes- completely cured by fitting a heat shield ), despite
>and
>maybe because of, always carrying a spare in the trunk.
>
> Amongst the hundreds of motorcycles and three-wheelers on display at
>the
>1934 Olympia Show in London was one vehicle- the Raleigh Safety Seven-
>which
>was equipped with an electric fuel pump. The very latest in high tech,
>the
>pump needed a note in the driver's handbook that told the owner not to be
>alarmed by the ticking sound. This car, presently sitting in my driveway,
>has had its wonderful brass and brown bakelite-capped six-volt SU fuel pump
>ticking away under the bonnet for some SEVENTY-ONE YEARS.
>
> Surely a timeless classic, and a British car institution.
>
>Best regards
>Peter
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