Petrol Pump Failure.
Posted: Fri Nov 01, 2019 5:54 pm
Last Sunday, as it was a bright crisp morning, I decided to go to the Great North Road Classic gathering being held at Connington Airfield, not far from me.
Once on the road, I needed to keep the choke pulled out a little (PHF36 carbs) as there was a bit of spitting. 1/2 mile out out there was a definite loss of power. 3/4 mile and total loss. Coasted into parking bay near houses.
Bonnet off, removed petrol feed pipe from bottom fed swill tank to reveal no liquid. Nothing. Switch ign on, no fuel coming from supply pipe. No sound coming from pump, check fuses, all ok.
The possibility of jacking the lovely gal up to check for physical damage underneath was a little daunting.
Luckily, out popped from one of the houses a fellow that I know from 35 years back. Chatted on about Iso Grifos, don't know why, but he did have a Jeep parked in his drive with tow hitch. With no more delay, he towed me back home with the tow rope that I had stowed under the bonnet.
Back in the workshop and safely raised, removing the old pump proved difficult. I had made the mistake in the build stake of bolting the pump to the vertical face of the tunnel. Two people required to hold the spanners. Last resort was the angle grinder to take the button heads off the bolts.
The old pump was a genuine Facet, been there for 5 years.
I had a brand new non-genuine facet on the shelf but that just did not fire up.
New genuine Facet procured via fleabay plus a new inline filter.
Made up an inverted bridge piece (stainless) to mount the pump on, fixed to both sides of the tunnel, captive nuts tack welded to the inside for easy fitting, pump bolted in the bridge with easy access for removal.
Edith is now back on the road and running better than ever. There must have been reduced flow from the old pump for a while as I had noticed needing more choke on start up for shopping trips.
Sorry, no pictures, wanted to get tit running!
Once on the road, I needed to keep the choke pulled out a little (PHF36 carbs) as there was a bit of spitting. 1/2 mile out out there was a definite loss of power. 3/4 mile and total loss. Coasted into parking bay near houses.
Bonnet off, removed petrol feed pipe from bottom fed swill tank to reveal no liquid. Nothing. Switch ign on, no fuel coming from supply pipe. No sound coming from pump, check fuses, all ok.
The possibility of jacking the lovely gal up to check for physical damage underneath was a little daunting.
Luckily, out popped from one of the houses a fellow that I know from 35 years back. Chatted on about Iso Grifos, don't know why, but he did have a Jeep parked in his drive with tow hitch. With no more delay, he towed me back home with the tow rope that I had stowed under the bonnet.
Back in the workshop and safely raised, removing the old pump proved difficult. I had made the mistake in the build stake of bolting the pump to the vertical face of the tunnel. Two people required to hold the spanners. Last resort was the angle grinder to take the button heads off the bolts.
The old pump was a genuine Facet, been there for 5 years.
I had a brand new non-genuine facet on the shelf but that just did not fire up.
New genuine Facet procured via fleabay plus a new inline filter.
Made up an inverted bridge piece (stainless) to mount the pump on, fixed to both sides of the tunnel, captive nuts tack welded to the inside for easy fitting, pump bolted in the bridge with easy access for removal.
Edith is now back on the road and running better than ever. There must have been reduced flow from the old pump for a while as I had noticed needing more choke on start up for shopping trips.
Sorry, no pictures, wanted to get tit running!