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Re: Fuel pump switch

To: tigers@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Fuel pump switch
From: Bob Burruss <burruss@camber.com>
Date: Sun, 21 Feb 1999 12:45:42 -0700 (MST)
I know a Tiger owner who drove home (several miles) with his fuel pump kill
switch switched off!  Seems the afternoon sun had warmed everthing enough to
create a little pressure in the fuel tanks.  The pump wasn't needed.  I
still think the switch is a good idea.
   --Bob Burruss



>>This would be a fine anti theft if it were an Injected car i.e the car
>would>never start....However, these are all (with a few exceptions)
>carburated>engines with float bowls full of fuel.  You might test sometime,
>just how far you can drive on a float bowl fuul of fuel.  You can be sure
>they'll get>out of the parking lot and down the road a bit before it pukes.
>Ignition>lock out is Much better for anti theft.
>
>I also realize the reasonable need for a fuel pump switch too.  Why not
>use a double pole single throw switch and cut off both systems with the
>same switch. ???
>
>Rich ..
>Just full of........Idea's....Yeah that's it !!
>
>


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