Morris Minor Owners Club

I again ended up coming home on a recovery truck. Back in august I fitted new double points in the pump after it became very temprimental.
I gotthese from the morris minor centre & they worked a treat. Now the pump is going funny again. Only working with a tap. Ive cleaned up the points, only one side had a bit of black & refitted them as they should be. All fine & dandy, then it stopped again. Little fiddle, now its running,m but for how long. I really dont want to be worrying that the silly thing will pack up on a busy roundabout or junction. Any ideas?

If the points are clean and correctly fitted, that leaves proper earthing , the gap for the points set up (see manual) or the diaphragm I should imagine.

In my case I'm investing £65 in an electronic pump from ESM

I'd go with what John's just said. I think the electronic pumps are okay - but be prepared when they go wrong to be stranded! (either that or get a spare pump).

How old is the pump? It could be the diaphram as suggested. Make sure also that the contacts are really nice and clean. I had problems once with a pump which appeared to have contacts in good condition but which wasn't.

Nikki

If the points are ok and the electrical connections are ok then it is probably
the basic setting of the diaphragm, which causes the points to work in the
first place, which is wrong. Unfortunately you can only adjust this by undoing
the body of the pump and following the workshop manual. As has been sugg-
ested above a more modern electronic pump may well cure the problem,but,
should it give trouble, there will be nothing you can do to it at the side of the
road.

If new points have been fitted - and it's not something like a broken feed wire - then check that the points have been fitted with the correct setting. There's a long complicated method in Haynes - i can only suggest you follow it! However - the best way I have found to prevent fuel pump failure, is to carry a spare ! As long as I have the spare with me I can be sure the one on the car will work perfectly. But if I was to leave that spare at home!! I extend this idea to distributor, carb, fuel pump, fan belt, top bottom and bypass hoses and head gasket ! And since the throttle cable snapped last year - a spare one of these too.

Do you also have a trailer behind your car BMCecosse? I like to take some luggage with me too.

Onne wrote:Do you also have a trailer behind your car BMCecosse? I like to take some luggage with me too.

...If he carried an AA card he could leave them all at home

I carry a bag of spares, + AA card + mobile phone!

I don't carry any spares. Just my card, a box of tools and the aforementioned mobile

i just carry my rac card as a spare, that seems to do the trick.
unless you carry so much, and all the tools you need , maybe a spare engine would be best in case the big ends go, do not forget a spare petrol tank just in case as well

I carry a few obvious spares (leads, cap, arm, pump, wire, etc) but if it's a major job and something BIG has gone then the mobile and AA card is the best bet! I have not used it yet though (REALLY should not have said that! ).

Just dont lend your AA/RAC cards to Ray for the next 3 weeks ;) What spares is he going to carry?

Not sure exactly, most small items I would imagine, nothing too big or heavy. He's taking 4 spare wheels though!

He's taking 4 spare wheels though!

hmm has he got a roofrack?

hmm has he got a roofrack?

Probably on the backseat? - I guess he won't be picking up any hitchikers if so!

He HAS got a roof rack but I think he might be taking it off. Oh and his boot can now hold the spare tyres!

hmm is it a frankenbootlid now then?

Yep! I'm sure we'll get the pics when Raymond gets back.