There are two schools of thought on messing with (0r even educating oneself
about) components that have previously been working just fine. The emotional
anthropomorphic school (which i sometimes attend) believes that the more you
know about your car, and the more you mess with, the more will go wrong, just
to please you, since it becomes obvious to your car that you want to fiddle
with it. In that school, leave well enough along until the car dies in such a
way that the pump is to blame - then replace it. Even within that school,
you might order up a new pump and throw it into your parts box in the boot.
The other school is the rational one. Habitues of that school believe that
all components are mechanical and only mechanical and are not inhabited or
possessed by higher order intelligence, and have finite life spans. Under
that theory. you would be advised to remove the fuel pump tower from the
base (six slotted screws, a little twist, and its off.) Then unwrap the tape
or rubber, remove the remaining nut on the electrical post/bolt, and slide
off the cap. Check, clean, or more likely, replace the points (one screw,
just make sure you assemble exactly as it was when you disassembled it), and
put it back together, tape it with fresh tape, and put it back on the car.
If it looks really horrible, mount a new (relatively cheap) fuel pump.
We could go into adjusting the throw-over, but you are better off finding an
old hand somewhere and having him/her show you how, since it is a very
tactile experience, and harder to describe in words.
Cheers
Gary Anderson
BGT, 60 healey, 55 healy, 88 jag, 96 Disco
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