Subject: Re: [6pack] 6pack Digest, Vol 54, Issue 9

From: Luis via 6pack <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2019 14:37:27 -0500

Nice.  You might want to add an inertia switch in series to turn off power to the pump in case of an accident.   The mechanical stops with the engine, the electrical won’t. 

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> Hello Friends,
>   Today I completed a job on my '75 TR6 project. The new mechanical fuel
> pump supplied by that company that 'doesn't grow on a rolling stone',
> failed. Of course, that was no fault of theirs. I just decided to convert
> the fuel supply to electric, just as I did on my TR3b.
>   As I began that last parahraph, I replaced the OEM pump with a Facet
> 476087E solid state pump. That unit makes 4-5.5psi. Just right for a pair
> of Z-S carbs.
>   I fashioned an adapter plate from sheet aluminum that covers the port on
> the engine. It then extends up to the right to hold the new pump. I placed
> a gasket between the adapter and the block thereby sealing the block.
>   I placed an inline filter between the fuel line and the pump's intake
> port. All of that is 5/16" id plumbing. The pipe up to the carbs is about
> 1/4" od so I bought a replacement fitting for the pump's output. Once
> plumbed, all that remained to do was wire the pump.
>   Fortunately the fuse block has a spare fuse location. I used that option
> to power the new pump. I will later add a relay using the original switched
> power to activate the relay, so as to keep the pump's current load off of
> the ignition switch.
>   Long story only slightly longer; The pump works great. There are no
> leaks. And the car now starts and runs great. Its now ready to head off to
> the painter.
> 
> Rick
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I remember my first experience with an inertia switch.  Had a 79 MGB, I
think it dropped off a jack, no damage, but wouldn't start after.
Eventually I read up and found the inertia switch, having always owned 60s
MGs, TRs and Healeys before that, I didn't even know it was a thing.

In the Healey and MG world a lot of armchair and actual mechanic time is
spent trying to make the electric fuel pump reliably go.  I guess now we
have to figure out how to make it stop too.

Actually the inertia switch isn't a bad idea, though as noted the earlier
British sports didn't have them, don't know when MG started, maybe 74, when
a lot of the federal safety standards kicked in?

Greg Lemon
TR250

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> Nice.  You might want to add an inertia switch in series to turn off powe=
r
> to the pump in case of an accident.   The mechanical stops with the engin=
e,
> the electrical won=E2=80=99t.
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> > Hello Friends,
> >   Today I completed a job on my '75 TR6 project. The new mechanical fue=
l
> > failed. Of course, that was no fault of theirs. I just decided to conve=
rt
> > 476087E solid state pump. That unit makes 4-5.5psi. Just right for a pa=
ir
> > port. All of that is 5/16" id plumbing. The pipe up to the carbs is abo=
ut
> > power to activate the relay, so as to keep the pump's current load off =
of
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<div dir=3D"auto">I remember my first experience with an inertia switch.=C2=
=A0 Had a 79 MGB, I think it dropped off a jack, no damage, but wouldn&#39;=
t start after.=C2=A0 Eventually I read up and found the inertia switch, hav=
ing always owned 60s MGs, TRs and Healeys before that, I didn&#39;t even kn=
ow it was a thing.<div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">In the Heal=
ey and MG world a lot of armchair and actual mechanic time is spent trying =
to make the electric fuel pump reliably go.=C2=A0 I guess now we have to fi=
gure out how to make it stop too.</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=
=3D"auto">Actually the inertia switch isn&#39;t a bad idea, though as noted=
 the earlier British sports didn&#39;t have them, don&#39;t know when MG st=
arted, maybe 74, when a lot of the federal safety standards kicked in?</div=
><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">Greg Lemon</div><div dir=3D"=
auto">TR250<br><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div></di=
v></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr=
">On Sun, Jul 21, 2019, 2:39 PM Luis via 6pack &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:6pack@=
autox.team.net">[email-masked]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote cl=
ass=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;p=
adding-left:1ex">Nice.=C2=A0 You might want to add an inertia switch in ser=
ies to turn off power to the pump in case of an accident.=C2=A0 =C2=A0The m=
echanical stops with the engine, the electrical won=E2=80=99t. <br>
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&gt; Hello Friends,<br>
&gt;=C2=A0 =C2=A0Today I completed a job on my &#39;75 TR6 project. The new=
 mechanical fuel<br>
&gt; pump supplied by that company that &#39;doesn&#39;t grow on a rolling =
stone&#39;,<br>
&gt; failed. Of course, that was no fault of theirs. I just decided to conv=
ert<br>
&gt; the fuel supply to electric, just as I did on my TR3b.<br>
&gt;=C2=A0 =C2=A0As I began that last parahraph, I replaced the OEM pump wi=
th a Facet<br>
&gt; 476087E solid state pump. That unit makes 4-5.5psi. Just right for a p=
air<br>
&gt; of Z-S carbs.<br>
&gt;=C2=A0 =C2=A0I fashioned an adapter plate from sheet aluminum that cove=
rs the port on<br>
&gt; the engine. It then extends up to the right to hold the new pump. I pl=
aced<br>
&gt; a gasket between the adapter and the block thereby sealing the block.<=
br>
&gt;=C2=A0 =C2=A0I placed an inline filter between the fuel line and the pu=
mp&#39;s intake<br>
&gt; port. All of that is 5/16&quot; id plumbing. The pipe up to the carbs =
is about<br>
&gt; 1/4&quot; od so I bought a replacement fitting for the pump&#39;s outp=
ut. Once<br>
&gt; plumbed, all that remained to do was wire the pump.<br>
&gt;=C2=A0 =C2=A0Fortunately the fuse block has a spare fuse location. I us=
ed that option<br>
&gt; to power the new pump. I will later add a relay using the original swi=
tched<br>
&gt; power to activate the relay, so as to keep the pump&#39;s current load=
 off of<br>
&gt; the ignition switch.<br>
&gt;=C2=A0 =C2=A0Long story only slightly longer; The pump works great. The=
re are no<br>
&gt; leaks. And the car now starts and runs great. Its now ready to head of=
f to<br>
&gt; the painter.<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; Rick<br>
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