Now it's ticking, what a bomb!

[Workshop Help]

In the past, on the Italian after market fuel pumps that are held together with a bunch of screws, I have prolonged their service life by disassembling them to paste grind flat the two mating surfaces. Being made of a cheap mystery metal they warp from over torquing the mounting bolts and heat from the engine. If the diaphragm is still pliable and not damaged, another six months of life can be had. The test for repair effectiveness is to put your finger over the input spigot while activating the pump arm. The stronger the vacuum, the better.

These pumps also have other problems rendering them more of a bother than they're worth. The pump arm fulcrum pin will wallow out one side from the effects of vibration and heat. The repair here is to fabricate another longer pin from a bolt or stud with holes drilled in each end to fit a cotter pin. Then there is the oil seal inside the pump body deteriorating from heat that allows crankcase oil/vapors to exit thru the vent hole on the pump body. I never could find a suitable replacement for this seal and the factory never responded to my queries.

On the factory pumps, the diaphragm and body halves are crimped together and not serviceable.

These are some of the reasons for my almost religious conversion to electric pump power. Can I get a rousing 'Amen' from the choir to my left?

Mildred Hargis

[FI Spyder]

Being mechanical I suspect they will pump less pressure/volume over time due to wear (pivot pins, arm wear, diaphrams or whatever). I have a mechanical pump in the Tercel wagon and periodically the rubber seal will wear out with resultant oil splashed on the firewall. OEM IS $150 after market is $50 so I go with that. My Integra and TR7 have FI and have never had a pump issue with either so something to be said for electric if the low pressure pumps are any thing like that.

[Hasbeen]

My new, New Zealand built Ecco electronic fuel pump is fitted & running. It is the 1LM12, 2/3 PSI electronic pump.

The car can do a standing start, full revs acceleration run without fuel starvation, & is showing no sign of flooding. Could this be a winner?

I fitted it in the engine bay, not back under the thing, as I am just too old to have to crawl under the thing if the pump gives trouble. Of course, with our cars, it is gravity fed there in the engine bay anyway, so should have no problem.

So with that, it's new ignition system, & the new set of Iridium plugs I chucked in as well, it is on notice. If it doesn't behave now, I'll burn the bl00dy thing.

All I have to do now is; Fit the new drivers seat diaphragm I got recently; Get the on car wheel balancer up & running; Get some new front tyres to balance; Fit some new spark plug leads, mine are now 12 years old & looking a bit past it I noticed; Find the fault in the instrument/parking light circuit that is causing the headlight switch to overheat on the accessories side; Does it ever end?

Hasbeen

[Workshop Help]

No, my dear friend, it NEVER ends! My next chore will be the replacement of the passengers side window regulator, complete with a fully documented and photographed article for the assembled masses.

Since this coming playtime event is likely to produce hide tearing and blood gushing, we will have EMS, (Emergency Medical Service), on standby. Of course, Leroy and Mike, the EMT's, (Emergency Medical Technician), like my peach cobbler, so I'll have to bake two of them.

Mildred Hargis

[Workshop Help]

Ummm, Hasbeen, please tell me your brand new, right out of the box electric fuel pump is a 'suction' unit. Please, tell me it is! Because it if ain't, it's a 'pusher' type, so next time you go up, Up, UP! a long hill, you will run out of gas before you reach the crest.

This is why every manufacturer wants the pump mounted right next to the gas tank so the fuel can, by the Miracle of Gravity, drain directly into the pump where it is 'pushed' up stream to the engine.

I can see it now. You and Mrs Hasbeen out on a lovely jaunt, together and so in rapture of each other, going up the loooonnnng, steep hill. POP! Sputter! Judder! She exclaims, "Dear, WHAT have you done NOW?" Or, delicate sentiments to that effect.

What you have done is selfishly and thinking only of yourself, install the pump for the sole benefit of your aches & pains with no consideration for HER being inconvenienced. This is a domestic no-no.

So, big boy, if it's a 'pusher' pump don't you think you might like to relocate it back where it really belongs?

Mildred Hargis

[Hasbeen]

They don't actually say Mildred. I checked this out before ordering, & expected some lift specifications, but they were conspicuous by their absence.

However when I found the following instruction, "If the pump is mounted above the tank, prime the inlet with fuel before connecting the inlet hose", I decided it could handle my preferred instillation.

The inlet is only very slightly higher than my mechanical pump was, so it would have to be a very steep hill. Petrol poured out of the hose from the tank as it was connected.

Having had the odd period when fuel supplies do not get in, during floods, we keep all our cars & equipment fuel tanks full at all times.

The only exception to this is the 15HP John Deere mower, which gets very hard to get on with, if asked to run on fuel more than a couple of months old.

[FI Spyder]

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I can see it now. You and Mrs Hasbeen out on a lovely jaunt, together and so in rapture of each other, going up the loooonnnng, steep hill. POP! Sputter! Judder! She exclaims, "Dear, WHAT have you done NOW?" Or, delicate sentiments to that effect.
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This reminded me of Ron and my trip to Portland last fall in which Mrs. Spence accompanied for the first time. After each incident )his coupling falling off the steering shaft, the (GM) clutch cable breaking at the pedal, and oil splashing on the exhaust when the plug in the intake manifold melted) she asked "Does this happen often"?

Just in case, at the first instance, she made up a hitch hikers sign "Portland" and for the last two was tempted to make another "Port Townsend" but I think by then she was getting acclimated. [8D]



- - -TR7 Spider - - - 1978 Spitfire- - - - 1976 Spitfire - - 1988 Tercel 4X4 - Kali on Integra - 1991 Integra - Yellow TCT

[Workshop Help]

Well, okay. I just hope when the time comes for HER to push the car she's not wearing 5" spike heels. I suggest stowing a pair of her work shoes under the passenger seat, just in case.

Tell her I have her well being in mind.

Mildred Hargis

[Hasbeen]

Mildred it is highly unlikely she will ever push this car. It is even more unlikely I would allow any of her shoes to live in it.

The last time she was in this car was for a short 3 day holiday trip about 5 years ago. Each day she found something to complain about, like the air coming in the footwell vent was too cold, & has not been invited to get into it again.

The same occurred when I picked her up from work in the Honda S2000, she complained about the ride. She has not been invited to ride in it again.

She has not yet complained about the very average Ford/Mercury Capri. Perhaps she has realised that if she does, the next time she required a lift in a car other than her own, she will have to rent a taxi.

If she were to ask, I would take her for a ride in my any of my cars, but I am not going to subject anyone to riding in a car they obviously don't like.

I'm sure someone of your perception will have noticed, that quite often ladies are their own worst enemies.

Hasbeen

[Workshop Help]

Not to beat the dead horse here, but.

Having heard more than my share of the whining down at Nadine's Beauty Parlor over the years, it is apparent the perceived complaints of the female of the species are less that than they are conversation starters with the male of the species. However, as he is usually mentally preoccupied with a task at hand, to hear something ever so slightly negative is always taken as an invitation to fight. This is hardly ever the intent.

For instance, when m'ladies limbs were announced to be chilled by the effective floor ventilation door of the TR7, perhaps her intent was to compliment the efficiency of that feature. Could it be you were preoccupied mentally by the road conditions and magic of the moment's maneuvering? I know full well the mesmerizing effect driving a TR7 thru scenic vistas can be. When I am distracted by a side comment from say, my niece, snappy retorts are hard to hold back.

Amongst the Shemales, nagging is a hard habit to break, particularly when her Hemale is a nag magnet. That's right, many of you stout hearted men have a defect inside you that triggers the nag gland in Shemales to set them off. Some men trigger the maternal instinct, some trigger the lust instinct, but those that set off the nag instinct are the best of all. You see, unlike lust or mothering, a good nagging can last so much longer. Years, in fact, even decades on any given subject. The best nag episodes are usually about events that didn't happen or happened only in her dreams.

Should you happen to be such a lucky soul, please realize you are fulfilling an important function by releasing the pent up pressures in your woman to cleanse her psyche. In a sense you are like a therapeutic psychological laxative, and she is very grateful you are hers.

Mildred Hargis

[Hasbeen]

Ah Mildred, this disposition to complain does seem to be something which develops in the later years in some ladies.

When we were making longer ocean passages in my yacht, it was not the case. When It got rough, & the Pacific ocean, [STUPID NAME FOR THAT RATHER NASTY OCEAN], started to leap out of it's place & land on her in the cockpit, rather than complain, she would move to a less wet place.

If she felt the ventilation system was too cool, surely the correct response would be to close the vent. It did seem rather useless to complain to me. I could not do much from my drivers seat about the passengers vent.

I do think it is often down to a certain jealousy some ladies feel for our 4 wheeled loves.

Hasbeen

[Hasbeen]

Bumped for bumblebee.

Hasbeen