Nosey
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| posted on 18/12/08 at 10:32 AM |
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Petrol Pump Mounting
Do you think rubber mounts would be necessary for this pump or could I chance it without (I'm slightly caught for space where I am mounting
it)?
 
Petrol Pump
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DarrenW
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| posted on 18/12/08 at 10:33 AM |
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If you are tight for space a strip of rubber betwen the mounting and chassis wont hurt. Otherwise you could get a bit of noise transmitted when its
operating.
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 18/12/08 at 10:37 AM |
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clamp it in place and switch it on. Then decide how long you can stand the ticking. I lasted 2 days
Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet
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02GF74
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| posted on 18/12/08 at 10:57 AM |
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I lasted 8 years and still going - it is under the drivers seat in my land rover - transmission and engine noise drowns it out.
It is quite noticeable though - I wasn't aware of the need to fit isolation rubbers but may have a go at doing that.
Although the pump in the photo has earth lead (black wire) I think some may be earthed via the pump's body so be aware of that when fitting.
(probably the earlier model)
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tegwin
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| posted on 18/12/08 at 11:08 AM |
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Those facet style pumps are NOISY.... Would it shake itself to bits if its rigidly mounted?
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Nosey
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| posted on 18/12/08 at 11:11 AM |
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Cheers boys. It's a competition car so if I am listening to the ticking I think it means I amn't trying hard enough.....
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 18/12/08 at 11:18 AM |
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I fitted mine to the GRP footwell on the falcon and it sounded like someone whacking the car with a screwdriver! 
Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet
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Dusty
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| posted on 18/12/08 at 11:45 AM |
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That pre-filter is the spawn of the devil. Contains a sprung plastic or ceramic ball of some sort and it will block. Took me over a year of faffing
around to finally work out why the car randomly stopped on motorways or going down to tesco, would restart after a minute or two and would then do 500
more miles without any trouble at all. Since I drilled a hole straight through it and added a £1 inline filter all has been well.
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DarrenW
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| posted on 18/12/08 at 12:09 PM |
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Inteesting what has been posted. A previous neighbour of mine had a classic car, upgraded fuel pump to one similar to pic. Could defo hear it when he
fired it up. He said a mod one day was to fit rubber mounts.
Filters - i recall a trackday once where a LCB member had issues with similar pre-filter. All i have is a cheapo filter before the pump and another
just before the carbs. Work great. Search through Halfords shelves and you should find a large bodied inline filter for only a few £'s. I did
use a smaller one but it got bunged up (after first 6 months on road some drillings from fitting sender unit worked their way through).
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stu da rude
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| posted on 18/12/08 at 12:53 PM |
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They are noisy mate, i run the exact same pump on my A30, and even with the isolation rubbers its still apparent even when running.
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02GF74
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| posted on 18/12/08 at 01:00 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Dusty
That pre-filter is the spawn of the devil. Contains a sprung plastic or ceramic ball of some sort and it will block. Took me over a year of faffing
around to finally work out why the car randomly stopped on motorways or going down to tesco, would restart after a minute or two and would then do 500
more miles without any trouble at all.
hmmm, not sure about that. the pump has some spring loaded ball but the filter I believe is a gauze.
I had same problem with the lightweight choking when trying to get about 15 mph.
bascially the rust particles and sand that were in the fuel tank block the filter. I remove, tap the filter so the bits fall out, refit and off I go
again. I then drained and flushed both tanks.
Not had a problem since.
The facet filters are quire £££ too - I got a few from walmart in US as there is some production car that uses them.
IMO not worth bothering replacing but fit a plastic inline filter - cheaper and you can see if it is getting blocked.
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ernie
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| posted on 18/12/08 at 05:14 PM |
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Try burton part no fsepf 805 in line filter. you can see all the rubbish coming thru and is easily cleaned out
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