Larry Paulick wrote:
> Steve, well at least I don't have to take a hammer to the Lucas pump to make
>it
> work. The most important tool in the box, for old English cars was a hammer.
> Gues why. I can hear this one clearly.
>
> Larry
>
Larry:
I had to do just that with my original Tiger (SU fuel pump again) many years
ago. We
were about 20 miles outside Laramie, Wyoming, just getting dark out, and the
fuel
pump started cutting out (not leaking that time). At the side of the road I
remembered a tech tip about banging the pump with a hammer. Didn't have one of
those
but I did have a big wrench in my tool kit. I whacked the pump real good a
couple of
times and it sprang to life, temporarily. It seemed to pump a mile or so worth
of gas
each time. I opened up the fuel pump door and, bopping down the road at 65 MPH
Jane
periodically gave it a good hit as it was starting to cut out each time and we
made
it into Laramie. I got a generic, aftermarket pump therefor $20 or $30 and
installed
it with Jane's help and ran the car with that pump for another five years with
no
problem.
Steve Sage
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