6 Volt Fuel Pump

[Pete Ashby]

Originally posted by Alex Blair
Richard..
Don't forget ,if you are installing an electric fuel pump ,you must install a relief line back to the tank,so that when carb demand is satisfied and float closes off the fuel that the fuel has somewhere to go..Other wise the pump will deadhead and burn out..
And it will happen quickly..

Alex is right

however if you fit it as a switched system then there is not a problem, the OCMPG crew have this as a standard mod to our trucks using the toggle switch for blackout lights, on 11 and 12 cabs.

We use it for priming on cold start and for hot start vapour lock problems and also for vapour lock during prolonged hill climbing on hot days, .........yes it can get that hot in Oxfordshire at least on one day a year.

Pete