The fuelpumps are supposed to stop when a "preset" pressure is attained. That's what my pumps been doing in the past. But recently they keep on ticking without stopping, which would, IMO, indicate a leak somewhere, but there isn't.
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IMHOI mine doesn´t stop, but slows down..
My Longchamp's drivers-side fuel pump did this trick just the other day. Though next day it stopped doing it! Ok from then on. Probably just a simple electrical connection problem in the fuel pump circuit, could be just poor grounding?
Stuart
Stuart
One thing that can cause a pump to run more than necessary is a slightly leaking float needle valve, and with a Holley, there are two- one on each end. There are various ways to reseat a leaking needle, but most owners simply replace the assembly in their carb.
In the POCA Newsletter of August '09 I described a simple and cheap way (with photos) to add a factory (Ford or GM) TBI (throttle-body injection) in-tank electric fuel pump to an early Pantera. While I don't know for sure that a Longchamp has a large enough fuel gauge sender hole in the tank top, I assume DeTomaso used very similar parts in the Longchamp and DEauville. An in-tank pump is sound-insulated by the volume of fuel in the tank and is virtually silent in operation. Note these factory TBI pumps operate at 15 psi so a fuel pressure regulator will be needed to drop pressure to the 6-7 psi that a carb uses. Being a factory pump, they are cheap, dependable and available anywhere in the world that Ford or GMs are sold, as well as breaker-yards, swap meets and the like. And as I found, their only known weak spot is the inability to be run dry for very long.
In the POCA Newsletter of August '09 I described a simple and cheap way (with photos) to add a factory (Ford or GM) TBI (throttle-body injection) in-tank electric fuel pump to an early Pantera. While I don't know for sure that a Longchamp has a large enough fuel gauge sender hole in the tank top, I assume DeTomaso used very similar parts in the Longchamp and DEauville. An in-tank pump is sound-insulated by the volume of fuel in the tank and is virtually silent in operation. Note these factory TBI pumps operate at 15 psi so a fuel pressure regulator will be needed to drop pressure to the 6-7 psi that a carb uses. Being a factory pump, they are cheap, dependable and available anywhere in the world that Ford or GMs are sold, as well as breaker-yards, swap meets and the like. And as I found, their only known weak spot is the inability to be run dry for very long.
Well, before I headed off to Hersehy, I got the pumps and "stuff" out of the Longchamp. Here is the picture of the "back-flow" valves. They do not have any markings on them, but I am going to stop by the Jag club tent and see if they can identify them.
The T has a lucus part number on it. 78413.
I am also bringing my two old pumps to see if they can be re-built.
We
The T has a lucus part number on it. 78413.
I am also bringing my two old pumps to see if they can be re-built.
We
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You could buy new Facet pumps. Ones like these are installed in my Deauville, and functiones exactly as you describe.
http://www.facet-purolator.com...id=5&id=37&Itemid=60
http://www.facet-purolator.com...id=5&id=37&Itemid=60