[Spridgets] Fuel pump pressure

[Larry Daniels]

Actually, Mike, Kurt Appley then mentioned the Airtex E8016S which I never
heard of before, but I see Barney Gaylord mentions it on his site, too.
http://mgaguru.com/mgtech/fuel/fp201.htm

Looks like it might be better than the noisy Facet unit?  Although, Peter C.
has a fix for the noise from the Facet pump.

LAD


From: Michael MacLean
Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2011 5:00 PM
To: spridgets at autox.team.net ; BJ8 Healeys ; Larry Daniels
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Fuel pump pressure

      I defer to Larry.  A much better price!
      Mike

      --- On Sat, 8/13/11, Larry Daniels <ladaniels at sbcglobal.net> wrote:


        From: Larry Daniels <ladaniels at sbcglobal.net>
        Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Fuel pump pressure
        To: "Michael MacLean" <rrengineer.mike at att.net>,
spridgets at autox.team.net, "BJ8 Healeys" <sbyers at ec.rr.com>
        Date: Saturday, August 13, 2011, 7:46 PM


        Or you could buy the same pump from Aircraft Spruce for $33.50.

        http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/eppages/facetpumps.php


        LAD



        -----Original Message-----
        From: Michael MacLean
        Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2011 12:56 PM
        To: wlmailhtml:/mc/compose?to=spridgets at autox.team.net ; BJ8 Healeys
        Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Fuel pump pressure

        Steve,
             Just get a Facet pump and install it near the tank. About 3-4
PSI.
        Pegasus Auto Racing has the for $46 bucks.  See link:

        https://www.pegasusautoracing.com/productdetails.asp?RecId=82

        Mike MacLean
        60 Sprite
        56 BN2
        02 Heritage Springer

        --- On Sat, 8/13/11, BJ8 Healeys
<wlmailhtml:/mc/compose?to=sbyers at ec.rr.com> wrote:

        From: BJ8 Healeys <wlmailhtml:/mc/compose?to=sbyers at ec.rr.com>
        Subject: [Spridgets] Fuel pump pressure
        To: wlmailhtml:/mc/compose?to=spridgets at autox.team.net
        Date: Saturday, August 13, 2011, 5:37 PM

        Hello, Spridgeteers!

        What is the nominal fuel pump pressure for a '73 Midget?

        Last November, my Midget began trying to stall at stops.
Troubleshooting
        determined that the front carb was flooding.  Changing to Grose Jets
and
        trying two different new sets of needles/seats, a new float, and even
        changing the front carb for a spare did not fix the problem.  I then
        suspected the fuel pump pressure was too high, but until today I did
not
        have a way to check the pressure, so I moved on to other projects with
more
        chance of success.

        I installed the pump in 1988. It is an aftermarket vane pump
(Blackstone
        Industries, P/N EP10, made in West Germany).
        I have been unable to find any information about the pump on the
internet.
        Could a pump have an internal failure that would suddenly raise its
output
        pressure?

        This morning, I put a pressure gauge on the hose at the front carb and
it
        pegged the gauge at more than 10 psi.  I think it should be closer to
4 psi
        and below, but can't find a fuel pressure spec in the shop manual,
either.

        Thanks!
        Steve Byers
        Havelock, NC  USA
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