[DeTomaso] FW: 351C mechanical fuel pump recommendations?

[David_Bell at oxy.com]

Forwarded from Jack DeRyke:

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From: JDeRyke at aol.com [mailto:JDeRyke at aol.com] 
Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2007 2:22 PM
To: wkooiman at earthlink.net; detomaso at realbig.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] 351C mechanical fuel pump recommendations?


FWIW- Holley electric pumps should not EVER be run dry. These pumps (as
well 
as Carter who may have sold the design to Mr Gasket/Holley) are
sliding-vane 
style and if run dry, the brazed vane assemblies disintegrate. Holley
sells a 
rotor repair kit as a std part which should indicate the frequency of
the 
problem. If stalled due to debris, there is a small feed wire inside the

un-repairable assembly that overloads and opens like a fusable link,
rendering the unit 
permanently dead. And as mentioned, they vibrate noisily even with the
std 
rubber shock mount system. Had one on a competiotion car for 10 yrs- no
more! 
FWIW- J DeRyke


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