[Healeys] Fuel Pump Polarity

[Alan Seigrist]

If you go to the bottom of this page, you will see 4 different numbers for
pumps associated with the BJ8:

http://www.sucarb.co.uk/ExplodedImageClassic.aspx?pumpsearch=true&ProductId=10345#fuelpump

Depending on the number you can usually tell which pump it is.  My
experience is the tape color is not a very good indication.

Best,

Alan

'52 A90
'53 BN1
'64 BJ8


On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 5:28 AM, Mark Schneider
<mandmschneider at comcast.net>wrote:

> Listers,
>
> I just replaced the fuel pump on my BJ8.  I have not converted to negative
> ground.  Therefore, I was careful to order a positive ground, solid state,
>  SU fuel pump.  I was told by several people that the new SU pumps are
> polarity insensitive.  Yes, but, I asked my self, "Why then does Moss still
> sell both positive and negative grounded pumps?"  I think I know one answer
> to the question but was not willing to risk throwing away the cost of a
> burned out fuel pump.  The answer to the question that seems to have run
> through this string of emails pertains to the color of the tape on the body
> of the pumps.  The pumps with red tape are positive gounded.  Those with
> black tape are negative grounded pumps.  These points were made on a small
> slip of paper in the SU package.  Those without any tape are anybody's
> guess.
>
> Marks 3
> '66 BJ8