Jester Posted July 2, 2002 Share Posted July 2, 2002 Pete, that would be a spare filter for fitting inside the pump - there should be one already in the pump, but p'raps it's best to open it up and check. There is a nut shaped base which will open up the pump (with suitable sized spanner) to reveal the filter compartment. Don't rely on it though - the box should say that the fuel needs to be prefiltered. Go to a motor factors and get one of those little plastic filters for carb based applications, and fit it between tank and pump - a couple of quid for one of Halfords finest. Cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blatman Posted July 2, 2002 Share Posted July 2, 2002 Seconded. Do NOT rely on the filter in the pump. Seeing as you're going to have to go to a shop for a filter, take the red top with you, give it back, and get a soild state one instead. You'll still need to pre filter the pump, but you'll have more chance of it lasting more than about 3 months, unless they've improved recently........... Conversely though, the red top pump on my sprint car is the only thing that's working properly at the moment..........ho hum, I guess I've just guaranteed that failing at an inopportune moment.......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jester Posted July 3, 2002 Share Posted July 3, 2002 dumb question mode... the red-top interruptor pump is advertised as a 'lift pump' whereas the solid state pump isn't. So does this mean that the solid state pump always need to be lower than the fuel in the tank for it to work efficiently, whereas the interruptor pumps happily within a specified height. If this is true, then it's not just a straight swap since the mounting on the chassis rail for the pump is higher than the fuel in the tank - for at least some of the time. An alternative mounting point would need to be found/fabricated for the solid state pump. Is this correct? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blatman Posted July 3, 2002 Share Posted July 3, 2002 Can't remember, but you should mount all low pressure (ie non injector) pumps as low, and as near to the tank outlet as practical/possible. The solid state pump is smaller than the interuptor pump, so you shouldn't have too much trouble finding a space for it. "Lift pump" is normally the phrase used for any fuel pump which delivers fuel to a swirl pot, which then feeds and injector pump. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westfields Rock On Posted July 3, 2002 Share Posted July 3, 2002 ive got 4.5gals in the SE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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