[TR] Another fuel pump question

[Bryan Loy]

Awesome, thanks!

On Fri, Feb 25, 2022 at 4:56 PM Alex & Janet Thomson <
aljlthomson at charter.net> wrote:

> The day before we took our GT6 to the historic races at Lime Rock Park
> last fall, I couldn’t get the car started. The old mechanical fuel pump was
> bad and I already had promised the parade lap at lunchtime to one of my
> student employees. Answer – install an electric Facet pump. There’s not a
> lot of room on a GT6 and those pumps work best if they are mounted low on
> the car, preferably below the tank. I mounted it on the side of the left
> front frame section. For a “Sunday Night Special” modification, it worked
> great – we all enjoyed the parade laps at Lime Rock. Those pumps do make a
> “ticking” sound but you would never hear it when you are driving, in my
> opinion. A stock, mechanical pump is still available from one of the big
> two for about $40 but I needed to get this car running with only a 5 hour
> window to do the work. The other nice thing is that after a long storage
> time, the engine fires right up – no need to prime the carbs with excessive
> cranking as there was with the old pump. The other challenge was finding a
> path to run a switched 12V source to the pump and then fishing the wire
> around that incredibly tight dashboard/cowl area. I know that I should
> install an inertia safety switch but the car will be going up for sale
> sometime as I can no longer easily enter it or extract myself from it. If
> somebody wants the info, I can probably dig up the NAPA number for the pump
> that I used.
>
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> Alex Thomson
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>
> 73 TR6
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> 71 GT6
>
> 8 John Deere
>
> 1 Case
>
> 1 Farmall
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>
>
> *From:* Triumphs [mailto:triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net] *On Behalf Of *Bryan
> Loy
> *Sent:* Friday, February 25, 2022 4:19 PM
> *To:* triumphs at autox.team.net
> *Subject:* [TR] Another fuel pump question
>
>
>
> Hello the list.  I had some work done on my TR6, and the mechanic that
> rebuilt my carbs said I had a weak fuel pump.   Ok, I can handle that, but
> in y'alls opinion, is an electric pump better than the old
> mechanical pump?  Pros and cons, please?  Thanks!
>
>
>
> --
>
> Bryan C. Loy
>
> Paradise Music
>
> Franklin, N.C.
>


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Bryan C. Loy
Paradise Music
Franklin, N.C.
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