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From: "J. N. Cameron" <CIC@centurytel.net>
To: "Lancair List" <lancair.list@olsusa.com>
Subject: Electronic fuel pumps
Date: Tue, 9 Nov 1999 09:26:40 -0600
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Can we talk about fuel pumps?  I see the Dukes fuel pump "kit" (which is
what?  the pump and a couple of fittings?) is now listed at $700 on the
factory options sheet.  Electric fuel pumps have been around for a very long
time in everything from bug-eye Sprites to aircraft.  I can remember sawing
a fuel line on a 1957 Mercury "Commuter" wagon (arguably one of the biggest,
cruddiest cars ever built) and putting an electric fuel pump in the line to
cure vapor locking -- worked like a champ.

Would it be worth crawling around in fuel pump spec sheets to find something
that would work very well, have long-term reliability, and have a real-world
price?  Not only are the Dukes pumps ridiculously priced, their field
service record is not very good, as several  A&P's have confirmed to me.

Incidentally, the only time I ever needed mine in the ES was for starting.
My fuel pressure held constant from sea level to at least 12,500' without
it, even in very hot weather.

Looking for input,

Jim Cameron  (once & future ES)


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