Thread: Electric Fuel Pump

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Has anyone used one of these cheapies, probably a Chinese knock off of the tried and clattery Holleys. I'm looking for something to use just as a occasional use transfer pump from an aux tank on my truck, not for use on my car:

KMJ Performance*::*Fuel Pumps*::*ELECTRIC FUEL PUMPS*::*100 GPH Universal Electric 12v Fuel Pump 3/8in NPT

I have no experience with the pump, Dave, but is 100GPH going to be enough capacity for your transfer needs? That's 1.6GPM, which sounds OK but in reality is pretty slow. I'd expect that their volume capacity is an "ideal", and that when tubed up with normal sizes it will back up on the curve a bit.

Dave, I am sorry for hijacking into your thread but I cannot create a new thread (again!) so I'm hoping a moderator will see this and investigate. When I try to create a new thread I get this error,

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Again, I'm sorry Dave. I just don't see a way to get a thread to attract a mod's attention.

Originally Posted by 34_40

Dave, I am sorry for hijacking into your thread but I cannot create a new thread (again!) so I'm hoping a moderator will see this and investigate. When I try to create a new thread I get this error,

34_40, you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons:

Your user account may not have sufficient privileges to access this page. Are you trying to edit someone else's post, access administrative features or some other privileged system?
If you are trying to post, the administrator may have disabled your account, or it may be awaiting activation.

Again, I'm sorry Dave. I just don't see a way to get a thread to attract a mod's attention.

Sent you a PM


As for the transfer pump, I bought one a few years back at a Farm Supply store, used to fuel up equipment out of a pickup tank, runs on 12V. We use it for pumping fuel out of 55 gal drums, works great! Has 1/2" pipe fittings on it, so you can put a decent sized hose on and move a lot of fuel in a hurry!

Roger - they have a 110/120 and 140 GPH versions. just happened to copy and paste the first one. 2.33GPM will probably work with -6 or -8 hose while I'm enjoying some driving relief. I've looked for a actual transfer GASOLINE tank, instead of something I do manually, but have a problem with the single source I've found and pricing of well over $1200 plus shipping

Mike - send a PM to Bill (mrmustang) http://www.clubhotrod.com/member.php?u=9

Originally Posted by Dave Severson

As for the transfer pump, I bought one a few years back at a Farm Supply store, used to fuel up equipment out of a pickup tank, runs on 12V. We use it for pumping fuel out of 55 gal drums, works great! Has 1/2" pipe fittings on it, so you can put a decent sized hose on and move a lot of fuel in a hurry!

Dave - I'll take a look in Tractor Supply next time out. For whatever reason, I forget they are just down the road a few miles

YEA,,,I've used one of them,,,,,,,,,,for about a week,,,when it shattered and spewed fuel everywhere,,and I was using it on the street.I'd take everyones advice and look for "transfer specific",,pumps,,those Chinese cheapies will just be a pain,,oh,,and by the way,,,I had done an isolated mount with that pump,,it shattered on the inside of the pump and dumped fuel out of the weep hole.

Dave,
Your post about a "transfer" pump made me remember back in the '73/74 "gas crisis" when I was in the Navy working on airplane radial recip's. They had a 24V system with a motor driven "startup/backup" fuel pump to feed the massive carb - had AN24 (1.5") fittings as I recall. A guy told me that his neighbor who worked in the rebuild shop, had pirated an old motor & pump, mounted it in his trunk piped into the top of his gas tank, and put about ten feet of old fuel hose on the suction side. With a pair of batteries in series he'd cruise the neighborhoods at night, looking for cars parked at the curb, or even in a driveway. Said he could pull up next to a car with a full tank (he cruised the better neighborhoods ), stick his suction hose down the filler neck and suck the tank dry in less than two minutes Of course, I never saw this contraption, but it made a great story over morning coffee...

Sorry for the hijack

Originally Posted by rspears

Dave,
Your post about a "transfer" pump made me remember back in the '73/74 "gas crisis" when I was in the Navy working on airplane radial recip's. They had a 24V system with a motor driven "startup/backup" fuel pump to feed the massive carb - had AN24 (1.5") fittings as I recall. A guy told me that his neighbor who worked in the rebuild shop, had pirated an old motor & pump, mounted it in his trunk piped into the top of his gas tank, and put about ten feet of old fuel hose on the suction side. With a pair of batteries in series he'd cruise the neighborhoods at night, looking for cars parked at the curb, or even in a driveway. Said he could pull up next to a car with a full tank (he cruised the better neighborhoods ), stick his suction hose down the filler neck and suck the tank dry in less than two minutes Of course, I never saw this contraption, but it made a great story over morning coffee...

Sorry for the hijack

Hmmmmm - if I had a truck with two batteries............ nahh, not in my personal makeup.

Since my truck gas cap broke last week, it now has a locking one to at least slow those kind of 'pirates' down (and the Stant locker was cheaper at Rock Auto parts then a replacement FoMoCo OEM twist on)

The hijack - part of the persona here