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1. [Healeys] No Power (score: 1): Author: "Steve" <stevesylvia2@comcast.net>; Date: Sat, 30 May 2009 17:32:11 -0500; Hi all, Well I gave the old girl her first test drive today and what pick up! Before I began to drive I let the engine get good and warm but after a couple of minutes of driving, all of a sudden ther; /html/healeys/2009-05/msg00768.html (7,448 bytes)
2. Re: [Healeys] No Power (score: 1): Author: Bob Spidell <bspidell@comcast.net>; Date: Sat, 30 May 2009 18:04:10 -0700; If it runs fine for a while then wants to quit it probably isn't the carbs. Sounds like you either just bought the car or it's been sitting for awhile. My guess would be the fuel pump based on the (l; /html/healeys/2009-05/msg00769.html (8,058 bytes)
3. Re: [Healeys] No Power (score: 1): Author: Alan Seigrist <healey.nut@gmail.com>; Date: Sun, 31 May 2009 09:42:08 +0800; It's hard to say without more data, but sounds like fuel starvation. If cars sit for a long time, the fuel tanks rust up and the rust scale clogs up the fuel pump causing it to work overtime. The fa; /html/healeys/2009-05/msg00770.html (8,963 bytes)
4. Re: [Healeys] No Power (score: 1): Author: <pennell@cox.net>; Date: Sat, 30 May 2009 22:51:39 -0400; Disconnect the fuel line at the carbs and place a small pot/pan under the end. Turn on the ignition. Does the pump click? Does it go on and on and on? Does fuel run into the pan? Repeat several time; /html/healeys/2009-05/msg00771.html (7,561 bytes)
5. Re: [Healeys] No Power (score: 1): Author: Bob Spidell <bspidell@comcast.net>; Date: Sat, 30 May 2009 20:23:06 -0700; "I think SU pumps have a bad wrap" Not necessarily. IMO, the problem with SU pumps is they use points to switch the current. When the points open the induced magnetic field in the coil collapses pro; /html/healeys/2009-05/msg00772.html (8,780 bytes)
6. Re: [Healeys] No Power (score: 1): Author: Oudesluys <coudesluijs@chello.nl>; Date: Sun, 31 May 2009 21:45:42 +0200; No fuel, probably because of blocked fuel line or filter. Clean the gauze filters in the carbs supply line, try to clean out the lines themselves using an air nozzle From the carbs towards the tank; /html/healeys/2009-05/msg00784.html (8,921 bytes)
7. Re: [Healeys] No Power (score: 1): Author: Oudesluys <coudesluijs@chello.nl>; Date: Sun, 31 May 2009 21:58:06 +0200; I tend to agree with Alan, I never had any problems with SU fuel pumps, but then I always use a filter in the fuel line before the pump and I do clean the points regularly using a bit of stiff and ro; /html/healeys/2009-05/msg00785.html (9,746 bytes)
8. Re: [Healeys] No Power (score: 1): Author: Bob Spidell <bspidell@comcast.net>; Date: Sun, 31 May 2009 16:30:34 -0700; I think we're in violent agreement here. Points are the SU fuel pumps' weak knee; if you clean/replace and adjust the points every few thousand miles--Norman Nock once told me they did this as routi; /html/healeys/2009-05/msg00799.html (8,370 bytes)
9. Re: [Healeys] No Power (score: 1): Author: John Harper <ah@jharper.demon.co.uk>; Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2009 20:34:43 +0100; I think that I am one of the people that you are in violent disagreement with. Well at least up to a point. I drove old cars as my main car as much as 55 years ago fitted with SU pumps. These were m; /html/healeys/2009-06/msg00014.html (9,327 bytes)
10. Re: [Healeys] No Power (score: 1): Author: Bob Spidell <bspidell@comcast.net>; Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2009 20:06:42 +0000 (UTC); Note the phrase I used was "violent AGREEMENT." Seems everybody agrees on one thing: SU pumps require regular maintenance. I suspect if the pumps' reliability wasn't an issue then SU wouldn't have a; /html/healeys/2009-06/msg00017.html (8,695 bytes)

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