broke down today

[SR]

feul pump gave up today on the splitty, anyone got one of the new pumps with electronic wizardry? no points, well ive got one coming from esm anyway, its only money

[Willie]

Shame on you Steve! The pumps are quite straightforward to rebuild and,
from previous reports on here they are at least as reliable as the 'pointless'
types. If the original type plays up you can usually get home by hitting it!

[Onne]

which you can't with the electronic ones. making them pointless when you break down.

excuse the pun

[SR]

the shame , i know , the pump may be 20 yrs old , but blow it, when it conked out , i hit it and it started again ,of i went, 2 minutes later ,nothing, sat there for a minute ,turned on ignition, pumps ticking on overtime, floats empty because it stopped ?, anyway, teething troubles to be expected. also got funny graunching noise from n.s. front when hard cornerind right , tried to take up play in top pivot arm, but different sound now so must be the peristed /cracked rubbers ,got a set now, theyll go as soon as ive fitted my metro seatbelts, sorry purists who dont mind pushing a hole in windscreen with your head

[Willie]

You will always get problems after such a major rebuild. If the pump was
ticking but the bowl was empty then you could have dirt under one of the
pump valves or a blocked filter. I have always found too that after a rebuild
the float chamber needle and seating fail pretty quickly for some reason.

[SR]

wasnt ticking at all after conking out 5th time in10 mins willie,took end cap off , no movment of gubbins, AA took me home

[chickenjohn]

this is what you need, Steve, about 10% the cost of an electronic pump.

I agree with you on the seatbelts though!

[SR]

got the belts for £30 from the metro garage at manston john, loads of bits in there for us, lights ,points ,tyres, great place, waxoyl £16, the pump looks old anyway , dont know what diaphram nick is ,anyway its got now,steve

[SR]

its going now, put a test lamp on the cable nothing , wiggled it and it came on, so cleaned the points while i was there, ill c hoe it goes, at least ill have a posh spare, althoughnat that price it should be polished up on the mantlepiece

[chickenjohn]

got the belts for £30 from the metro garage at manston john, loads of bits in there for us, lights ,points ,tyres, great place, waxoyl £16,-snip-

is that the Manna Hutte garage? Yes, good place, I've got some bits and bobs from there, and he's quite knowledgable about Mini's. He has the Henrics catalogues, keep meaning to ask his prices on panels- more convenient to collect on the way home for me than mail order.

You've just given me an idea!! Maybe a cheap place to get a MG Metro turbo and carb

[SR]

broke down again yesterday, whacked pump , away we go, got home and put new fangled electronic pump on , the lod one can be the spare, blow that

[Willie]

There you are you see, whacked the pump and off you went! If the electronic
one fails you will not be able to do that so make sure you carry the old one
as a spare.

[bmcecosse]

But you said no power to the cable - so there must be a fault on that cable supply. If so - you can be sure it will let you down at the most inconvenient moment!