SU Fuel Pump Conversion-Points to Elec.?

[Keoke]

"Fix up one of the old pumps as a spare" - A person would be better off replacing the points in the old pump and putting the new, all electronic one in the trunk as a spare. I can almost garantee that if you put a points style pump in hte trunk as the spare, it will not work when you need it. The contacts on the points film over with time and if the pump is not used regularly to burn off the film, the contacts will soon be insulated from each other by the film and the pump won't run. this is why people who drive their cars regularly, don't have the problem with the older, points style fuel pumps while those who only drive their car once a year complain about the lousy SU fuel pumps.

As for having a "converted old pump", If the old pump is gone through and the diaphragm is replaced along with putting the conversion in, it will function as well and as long as a new pump. I have a friend with a pump that I restored and converted to solid state (my own circuit rather than the one BFS sells)some 30 years ago and it is still going strong. I am still an advocate of installing a permanently installed back up pump using one of the Facet or other such electronic pumps and powering both pumps through a switch. See my article at: https://www.custompistols.com/cars/dave/BackUpFuelPump.htm
Cheers,

Who need its buy a new one they are cheap by comparison.---Keoke

 

[PAUL161]

---------I told you so----Keoke--- /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/laugh.gif

Yes you did! No doubt about it!

PJ