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Ouch... Corrado Holiday Parts Bonanza
Created on 2007-12-10 23:51:35
Well the fuel pump is making those awful whining noises again, I guess its probably going to croak soon. I really don't want to get stranded somewhere this winter (even though I'd like to get my money's worth with BCAA... hmm...) so I went ahead and ordered a replacement.
I've got an early 1990 so I have the in-tank and the external transfer pump, oh joy. I just about had a heart attack when I saw the prices (around $300-325). Google to the rescue, I found the Airtex E8030 is a replacement for the OEM Bosch. Doing a search for the part number turned it up for $207 - not bad, $100+ saved. I verified the fitment for my VIN on Airtex's site so should be no problem. A couple of times I've felt a hesitation on throttle so I hope my original pump holds out until we pick up the new one just before NYE.
Just in case my Visa wasn't full enough from the holidays and the fuel pump, I went ahead and ordered a rebuilt ISV too for $180. I've probably bought about 5 ISVs from various junkyards and they're always fooked, let's see if a proper clean one (on my nice rebuilt and clean engine) will actually give me a low steady idle for a change. I'm tired of the surging idle, or high RPMs, or occasional stall from the damn things.
Tomorrow I think I'll finally have a stab at modifying my 3-bar badgeless FK grille to fit my G60. Damn tabs are set for the SLC so I'll have to cut them out and re-glue them, should be fun.
I've got an early 1990 so I have the in-tank and the external transfer pump, oh joy. I just about had a heart attack when I saw the prices (around $300-325). Google to the rescue, I found the Airtex E8030 is a replacement for the OEM Bosch. Doing a search for the part number turned it up for $207 - not bad, $100+ saved. I verified the fitment for my VIN on Airtex's site so should be no problem. A couple of times I've felt a hesitation on throttle so I hope my original pump holds out until we pick up the new one just before NYE.
Just in case my Visa wasn't full enough from the holidays and the fuel pump, I went ahead and ordered a rebuilt ISV too for $180. I've probably bought about 5 ISVs from various junkyards and they're always fooked, let's see if a proper clean one (on my nice rebuilt and clean engine) will actually give me a low steady idle for a change. I'm tired of the surging idle, or high RPMs, or occasional stall from the damn things.
Tomorrow I think I'll finally have a stab at modifying my 3-bar badgeless FK grille to fit my G60. Damn tabs are set for the SLC so I'll have to cut them out and re-glue them, should be fun.
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Everyone loves the ISV!
Airtex E8030 external fuel pump
Everyone loves the ISV!
Airtex E8030 external fuel pump
Summary of Previous Journal Entries
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| Title | Date | #Pic | #Cmt | Excerpt |
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| Checking Out MGB For Sale Near Seattle | 2007-05-20 | 8 | 1 | A member from the boards forwarded a Craigslist ad to me for a good running MGB project car in the Seattle area. It's about the right price, and the right year, and the right colo... |
| Engine & OD Trans Located! | 2007-02-08 | Just got off the phone with CB (formerly of British Sports & Spares) and he does indeed still have my engine and OD transmission. Yay! I'm coordinating with a friend in Seattle to ... | ||
| My MGB - Lost Cause? Trying One Last Time. | 2007-01-30 | I got the email about Gary's Run and I got inspired to make another "push" in trying to track down the shysters that have bits and pieces of my MGB. So far, not so good. | ||
| Testing New Journal Site System | 2006-07-22 | 3 | Just testing - please ignore. | |
| New AutoShrine Site - NW Corrado Club | 2006-04-18 | 1 | 2 | Spent the last few days tweaking the code to be truly car-site independant, and put it to the test by launching the first new site with the same code-base as The MGB Experience. T... |
| New Mgb Experience Website Launched | 2005-07-28 | 2 | 3 | I've been backpacking around New Zealand for the last 8 months, and when the weather's been bad or we've been stuck somewhere for a few days, I take out the laptop and bang away on... |
| Hmmmm | 2004-02-09 | Now its Feb 9 and as far as I know, no progress. I say as far as I know, becuase no calls from the bodywork guy and he has his answering machine turned off. Considering he's had... | ||
| More setbacks | 2003-08-01 | The new estimate from the body guy is the car will be finished and painted by Jan 1. I should have my rally car and street car finished by then, so I should be able to put it tog... | ||
| Back on track | 2003-04-03 | Floors are welded back in, and so is the new trunk floor. Right now the trumpet sections under the front fenders are being reworked. The pace is starting to pick back up, I'll g... | ||
| No news.. | 2003-02-27 | Not a lot of progress to report I'm afraid. I'm not one to sit idle though, so while I've been waiting for the MGB bodywork and paint to be finished, I've been working hard on [u... |
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