Midel are still going strong in Aust
Graeme M
From: simon.lachlan at alexarevel.plus.com
Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2018 6:34 PM
To: 'Bob Spidell'
Cc: Healeys
Subject: Re: [Healeys] solid state pump
I suppose I?ve been lucky but have had no trouble with rebuilt pumps. I
imagine, with regard to points, one has to have the right source. I get mine
from Burlen in the UK who, incidentally, seem to have improved a lot recently.
(But maybe Burlen supply everyone else?)
Also from Midel in Australia. Not sure if they?re still going? At one stage, it
was cheaper and quicker to get parts from them in Oz than from Burlen in UK, 80
miles from my front door.
The rebuilt pumps are still going strong. I think the ?turn the body of the
pump round by one more bolt hole? advice is worthwhile.
I remain aware of SU?s potential for failure and tried to hedge my bets by
installing a double-ender before a long foreign trip. I hope it serves to be
similar to carrying a spare but, so long as you switch ends occasionally, you
don?t run the risk of the replacement being dead right out of the box??that
being something which I?ve heard of, but not experienced.
One can find the double-enders on eBay or Autojumbles. Usually cheap. They
often look so grotty that one would leave them alone, forgetting that one?s
going to refurbish them inside and out??
I do like the roadside pic from the desert. If that happened to me, over here,
it would start to rain.
Simon
From: Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Bob
Spidell
Sent: 21 June 2018 02:47
To: healeys at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Healeys] solid state pump
Years ago, I bought a kit from SU to convert a points-type pump to solid state.
The conversion steps were fairly complex and the kit came with a 'special'
forked spacer to set the gap properly. I think it would be problematic to
(re-)set the gap, esp. without this tool. FWIW, after following the steps
carefully the converted pump only worked a few hundred miles before dying.
Some have had good luck with points, but I would only get a few thousand miles
on a set, and the aftermarket points I've seen in the last few years appear to
be of poor quality. I've had some success with Dave DuBois
repairs/conversions, with one going over 30K miles, but one failed me recently
in the CA/NV desert after only a few hundred miles. Still, with all their
faults, I can't bring myself to give up on the SUs.
Bob
On 6/20/2018 4:35 PM, Alan Seigrist wrote:
Sorry you didn't get an answer to this.
I'd recommend removing the diaphragm and cleaning the rod and also the hole
with a pipe cleaner and some WD 40. It can get cruddy rusty in there if the
diaphragm is not running all the time.
Best,
Alan
On Tue, Jun 5, 2018 at 7:05 AM, healeymanjim <healeymanjim at hansencc.net>
wrote:
need some help from you electrical gurus on the list. bought a solid state
SU from moss a few years back(pos gnd). i used
it for a month or so then decided to use it for my spare. i kept it in the
trunk(boot) until a few days ago when my regular
pump blew a check valve. put the solid state on an it failed to operate.
the solenoid failed to work. i finally got it to where
it would move the diaphram but at a vastly reduced rate. removing the
electric part from the valve body allowed it to
operate a little faster, but still at a reduced rate. no clue as to what
is happening here, but will entertain all suggestions.
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