Date:         Sat, 6 Apr 2013 08:14:36 -0700
Reply-To:     Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
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From:         Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
Subject:      Re: Spare Fuel Pump Saves the Day
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Wasn't the XK 120 fuel pump made by SU (not Lucas) ?

And besides, it was a completely different type of electric fuel pump than we have on our vans. ie it used a vibrating diaphragm (solenoid powered) and valves to move the fuel, not a rotating impeller.


alistair


On 2013-04-05, at 9:46 PM, Don Hanson wrote:

>  What about just leaving the caps on the inlet and outlet....like it comes
> off the shelf, out of the box, or out of the UPS truck?   That's what I do
> and have done for about 20yrs since my old XK 120 Jaguar...the first
> electric fuel pump I ever encountered...and being a Lucas-car, I got pretty
> intimate with all the electrical parts on that one.
> 
>  Really...you think they put some dri gas or Stabil or old dead gas in
> them at the factory?   When I change one out, I take the caps off the
> inlet/outlet ports of the new one and put it right on the old one, stick
> that back in the box and put it in my spares after I douche it out by
> running it backwards and putting some compressed air through to blow out
> the remaining crud.   I have used a couple stored this way without any
> vapor lock or need to prime...
> 
> 
>