- 1. fuel pump (score: 1)
- Author: "oliver" <sumton@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Sat, 8 Oct 2005 22:10:29 -0500
- just found this: The part number of the pump, is 610-1051. It is a low pressure (1.5 lbs - 4 lbs) pump and will work for any MG from T series to MGB and MGC. You can also use the AIRTEX model E8016S
- /html/mgs/2005-10/msg00094.html (6,350 bytes)
- 2. Fuel Pump (score: 1)
- Author: "David Schure" <dschure@c-c-p.com>
- Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2004 18:40:52 -0400
- Hi Everyone, Why does hitting your fuel pump with the end of a screwdriver make it work, is it just the points or more. 1976 MGB. David
- /html/mgs/2004-06/msg00200.html (6,371 bytes)
- 3. FW: Fuel Pump (score: 1)
- Author: "Lew Palmer" <lpalmer@roundaboutmanor.com>
- Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2004 18:49:47 -0500
- After years of neglect (who wants to crawl under a dirty car to fix it) the fuel pump will typically start to crud up its points from arcing, dirt, etc. The springs also weaken worsening the situatio
- /html/mgs/2004-06/msg00203.html (7,586 bytes)
- 4. Re: Fuel Pump (score: 1)
- Author: "Paul Hunt" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>
- Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2004 16:01:26 +0100
- Usually the points. Like distributor points they spike over time and that can make them stick closed, or fail to close properly. It's a warning of impending total failure and not to be thought of as
- /html/mgs/2004-06/msg00228.html (6,946 bytes)
- 5. Re: Fuel Pump (score: 1)
- Author: "mghirsch" <mghirsch@netzero.net>
- Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 21:09:55 -0600
- The fuel pump should be in the hole in the boot, with a protective cover over Maynard
- /html/mgs/2003-11/msg00334.html (6,152 bytes)
- 6. Fuel Pump (score: 1)
- Author: "Dave Gunderson" <dgunderson@oecu.on.ca>
- Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2003 16:52:19 -0400
- I am a newbie to the MG world as I have just purchased a 1978 B. I have a question / concern regarding the noise coming from my fuel pump, it sounds like Riverdance being performed behind me as I d
- /html/mgs/2003-10/msg00025.html (7,172 bytes)
- 7. Re: Fuel Pump (score: 1)
- Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>
- Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2003 15:18:15 -0700
- My guess is that you have a non-standard fuel pump. The original SU type clicks a few times at start-up, and then is mostly quiet. But some people, apparently deterred by exaggerated reports of unrel
- /html/mgs/2003-10/msg00028.html (8,179 bytes)
- 8. Re: Fuel Pump (score: 1)
- Author: "Blair J. Weiss" <blair@ifd.mv.com>
- Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2003 18:40:37 -0400
- You can hear the fuel pump over the engine, exaust and wind? Usually you only hear on startup, maybe it's loose and rattling around? Usually it's when you don't hear it you should be concerned. Blai
- /html/mgs/2003-10/msg00029.html (7,841 bytes)
- 9. Re: Fuel Pump (score: 1)
- Author: Rocky Frisco <rock@rocky-frisco.com>
- Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2003 19:41:44 -0500
- The (MGB-based) Victor came with a FACET pump installed. It quit six months after I acquired the car. I mounted a new one and it was LOUD. I drill two holes on each side of a three inch long piece of
- /html/mgs/2003-10/msg00032.html (7,709 bytes)
- 10. Re: Fuel Pump (score: 1)
- Author: Charles & Peggy Robinson <ccrobins@ktc.com>
- Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2003 19:59:47 -0500
- I believe cost is the major factor in what kind of replacement is installed. If the owner can afford it, I firmly believe that the original pump is the best way to go. It's what I did on my '69 B and
- /html/mgs/2003-10/msg00034.html (7,060 bytes)
- 11. Re: Fuel Pump (score: 1)
- Author: Eric <eric@internode.com.au>
- Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2003 11:11:26 +0930
- My B had the Facet pump in it when I bought it (or rather 'the Woodpecker') as I dubbed it at the time. Really noisy and really distracting ALL THE TIME. I replaced it with an SU and after five years
- /html/mgs/2003-10/msg00035.html (7,197 bytes)
- 12. Fuel pump (score: 1)
- Author: "Chris" <slimyrat@hotmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 12:55:44 +0200
- Hi All :-) having a problem remembering where my fuel pump was mounted, had a look at a friends mark1 and his is on the front of the boot floor (the vertical part) but when i lay my wiring loom on th
- /html/mgs/2003-02/msg00395.html (6,651 bytes)
- 13. Re: Fuel pump (score: 1)
- Author: "Telewest \(PH\)" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>
- Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 11:19:36 -0000
- Yes. On a chrome bumper it is immediately in front of the battery, the electrics end projects into the unused part of the cradle. On rubber bumper cars it poked through the front panel for ease of ac
- /html/mgs/2003-02/msg00396.html (7,226 bytes)
- 14. fuel pump (score: 1)
- Author: Dart Budz <budz@students.uiuc.edu>
- Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 22:29:14 -0500 (CDT)
- I have to install a new fuel pump on my 72mgb. I just had a question for the list. Should I install another su fuel pump or try an aftermarket pump? Barney, your website was very helpful providing pa
- /html/mgs/2002-08/msg00564.html (7,511 bytes)
- 15. Re: fuel pump (score: 1)
- Author: David Councill <dcouncil@imt.net>
- Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 22:02:28 -0600
- I'm really preferential to the SU fuel pump for two reasons. 1. I have only had one SU fuel pump fail and that was on my 71BGT. I bought the car in 1983, the pump failed in 1999, and I put at least 1
- /html/mgs/2002-08/msg00566.html (8,826 bytes)
- 16. Re: fuel pump (score: 1)
- Author: "Bob D." <bobmgtd@insightbb.com>
- Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 23:44:54 -0500
- My B had one of those solid state cubes on it when I bought it six years ago. It's still going strong. Once in a while, it makes a little noise when the ignition is turned on. The noise goes away aft
- /html/mgs/2002-08/msg00568.html (8,551 bytes)
- 17. Re: fuel pump (score: 1)
- Author: "Telewest \(PH\)" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>
- Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 15:19:37 +0100
- If you decide on SU the next question will be 'solid-state or points?'. I had a solid-state and found it unreliable, eventually I swapped it for a points type. At least with that you have a chance of
- /html/mgs/2002-08/msg00574.html (8,556 bytes)
- 18. Re: fuel pump (score: 1)
- Author: Bullwinkle <yd3@nvc.net>
- Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 13:58:41 -0500
- At least with that you have a chance of it getting you home if, many thousands of miles and years down the road, the points start playing up. <<<Snip>>> I've never had any trouble with the points. T
- /html/mgs/2002-08/msg00578.html (8,018 bytes)
- 19. RE: fuel pump (score: 1)
- Author: "Dodd, Kelvin" <doddk@mossmotors.com>
- Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 12:09:50 -0700
- to fail is within two weeks of installation. The reason appears to be some kind of contamination getting on the point surface between manufacture and installation. This contamination can cause inter
- /html/mgs/2002-08/msg00579.html (9,131 bytes)
- 20. Re: fuel pump (score: 1)
- Author: Skye Poier <skye@ffwd.cx>
- Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 12:30:29 -0700
- Card as in, cardboard? Like from a cereal box kind of cardboard? Skye /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archives at http://www.team.net/archive
- /html/mgs/2002-08/msg00580.html (8,083 bytes)
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