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I think in an urban context like in San Francisco, when I was driving
across the Bay Bridge all the time, I couldn't afford to have the pump crap
out on me. I had one friend it happened to, and his BJ8 was totalled when
he came to a stop on the upper deck with a faulty SU pump (he didn't know
he should carry a mallot in the car to whack the back panel with!).
I replaced my SU, which was very temperamental, with a facet bendix style
pump which was more reliable, cheap and quiet. As I got older, the
electronic SUs became available and I switched back. I think the main
thing was the contacts were really fiddly, and if driving all the time...
at some point would fail.
Best,
Alan
On Sun, Feb 16, 2020 at 11:20 PM warthodson--- via Healeys <
healeys@autox.team.net> wrote:
> Why do so many people replace an original SU pump that has lasted decades
> with an aftermarket pump that requires modifying the fuel lines, adding
> additional fittings, clamps & altering the mounting brackets (all
> additional sources of failures), vibrates continuously, etc, when it would
> be so much easier & more original to simply replace it with a new highly
> reliable SU fuel pump? If you are concerned about being stranded at the
> side of the road, carry a spare SU or even better install it in parallel &
> wire up a selector switch so you can switch between the two pumps.
> Gary Hodson
>
>
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr">I think in an urban context like in San F=
rancisco, when I was driving across the Bay Bridge all the time, I couldn&#=
39;t afford to have the pump crap out on me.=C2=A0 I had one friend it happ=
ened to, and his BJ8=C2=A0 was totalled when he came to a stop on the upper=
deck with a faulty SU pump (he didn't know he should carry a mallot in=
the car to whack the back panel with!).<div><br></div><div>I replaced my S=
U, which was very temperamental, with a facet bendix style pump which was m=
ore reliable, cheap and quiet.=C2=A0 As I got older, the electronic SUs bec=
ame available and I switched back.=C2=A0 =C2=A0I think the main thing was t=
he contacts were really fiddly, and if driving all the time... at some poin=
t would fail.</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div><br></div><div>Alan<=
/div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_a=
ttr">On Sun, Feb 16, 2020 at 11:20 PM warthodson--- via Healeys <<a href=
=3D"mailto:healeys@autox.team.net";>healeys@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br=
></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;=
border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
<div style=3D"color:black;font:10pt arial">Why do so many people replace an=
original SU pump that has lasted decades with an aftermarket pump that req=
uires modifying the fuel lines, adding additional fittings, clamps & al=
tering the mounting brackets (all additional sources of failures), vibrates=
continuously, etc, when it would be so much easier & more original to =
simply replace it with a new highly reliable SU fuel pump? If you are conce=
rned about being stranded at the side of the road, carry a spare SU or even=
better install it in parallel & wire up a selector switch so you can s=
witch between the two pumps.=C2=A0
<div>Gary Hodson=C2=A0<br>
<br></div></div>
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