<VV> Fuel pump rebuild kit

[Tony Underwood]

At 12:27 PM 5/20/2010, Chris C wrote:
>I would, but its much more expensive and the corvair purist gods
>would deem  a caravan sacrafice.


Besides, if you use some simple care in picking a fuel pump, the 
right kind of mechanical pump will last longer than the electric, I 
bet.    Got a 44 year old pump on one of the 'Vairs here (never been 
changed) that still works fine and will continue to, as long as I 
keep carrying that spare in the trunk...

In fact, none of the 'Vairs here are using an electric pump, been 
years since I had to replace one.


The '62 ragtop had a pump replaced recently after it started quitting 
on the streets, turned out to be a blocked line from the tank, put 
the original pump back on the engine, doing fine.



>That and I want a vehicle that will still function once somebody hits
>us with an EMP.



EMP's will only damage sensitive micro-electronics, not electric 
motors.   Your alternator or generator or fan motor will still work, 
unless the blast was close enough to melt the paint.  ;)    Even so, 
it still probably wouldn't take out the diodes in the alternator 
although the radio might not like it much, unless like me you have a 
'60 with a radio that uses tubes...  which still works, and that 
ancient germanium output transistor is damned near indestructible.

Hey, you could go collect up some Mu-Metal and make shields for your 
car's sensitive electronics... the Air Force does it with its 
aircraft electronics so as to "harden" them against EMP.   A 
fly-by-wire F-16 could have a very bad day if something like that 
happened and its electronics weren't hardened.  ;)





But why take a chance that a nuclear assault might damage your 
electric pump?   Use the mechanical one and rest assured.




tony..