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Re: MGB fuel pump question

To: "steve chang" <schang@cis.ohio-state.edu>, <mgs@Autox.Team.Net>
Subject: Re: MGB fuel pump question
From: "Steve Byers" <byers@cconnect.net>
Date: Fri, 17 Oct 1997 19:53:41 -0400
Hi, Steve.  You said you checked for 12 volts, but did you make sure the
pump was grounded?

Steve Byers
Havelock, NC
'73 Midget GAN5UD126009G  "OO NINE"
'66 BJ8  HBJ8L/36666  "TARHEELY"
'63 BJ7 HBJ7L/20111 ("Resting" the last 10 years)
"It is better to remain silent, and be thought a fool,
than to speak, and remove all doubt."  -- Mark Twain

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> From: steve chang <schang@cis.ohio-state.edu>
> To: mgs@autox.team.net
> Subject: MGB fuel pump question
> Date: Friday, October 17, 1997 8:48 PM
> 
> Hello all,
>       A quick question regarding a dead fuel pump.  I got stranded the other
day after the '68 B died.  I determined that the fuel pump had broken
because no fuel came out of the line at the carbs when I turned on the
ignition and there was no audible clicking.
>       I ordered a new SU pump (negative ground) and installed it today.  It
doesn't work either.  I checked the wiring and I get 12 volts ok.  I tried
running the pump both with the out/in fuel lines connected and not. 
Neither scenario resulted in the pump coming on.  Am I right in assuming
that even if there was a clogged line the pump should still start up when
the key is turned?  Does this mean that both the old pump and the new one
are broken?  Should I send it back and get a third?
> TIA.
> 
> Steve
> -- 
> schang@cis.ohio-state.edu          | CIS Engineering 
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