Subject: Re: Convert Questions

Author: Charles Peterson

Date: Feb 19, 2004, 9:09 AM

Post ID: 1716088948

I don't know the specs on the stock pump. I guess
the purpose of the pump
is only to circulate fluid through the system for
cooling, right? I
suppose we could do some testing. I looked in the
McMaster-Carr catalog
today. They have a gear type pump with Delrin gears
and a 12VDC motor for
about $47.00 I'm not sure how a fuel pump would
work, but this gear pump
would probably work good on ATF. Rated for 13 fl.
oz./min 20 PSI or 63
fl. oz./min @10PSI on 200 CPS fluids. Max temp 200
degF. 1.6 amp draw.

For guys that maybe aren't familiar with
McMaster-Carr, they are a huge
industrial supply house. Probably every
manufacturing plant in the US has
at least one of their big yellow catalogs in the
maintenance or
engineering office. They have a great web site too
http://www.mcmaster.com. I buy lots of MC stuff
from them too. Loopframe
tool box locks, vibration mounts, various hardware,
fateners of all
types. Order online and they ship it fast!

Darrell Dick
Imlay City, MI

On Tue, 17 Feb 2004 16:06:40 -0500 greg barratt
<gr-@tonedeaftouring.com> writes:

but what flow rate is the stock pump putting out?

can't be much..

1 amp, seems like a big draw on the convert's

electrical system...

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce Giller" <bgil-@mitre.org>
To: <Loopfram-@topica.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 3:42 PM
Subject: Re: Convert Questions

Solid state Facet fuel pumps are rated at about

1 amp on a 12

volt

system (www.pegasusautoracing.com) for race

cars. The lowest flow

rate

15 gal/hr @ 1 psi with a maximum fuel pressure

of 2.4 psi - 4.5

psi.

Bruce

greg barratt wrote:

it looked like an electric fuel pump..though i

wouldn't think it

would
have

to flow very much..he mounted it near the

battery somewhere to

the best
of

my recollection...it was a cylinder type one -

maybe 6" long,

3"diameter..if

i could find a really low voltage draw pump

that would work, i'd

be all
over

it....

From: "Darrell Dick" <ddic-@juno.com>
To: <Loopfram-@topica.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 2:48 PM
Subject: Re: Convert Questions

I think I've heard about that bike. He's

using the pump so

the
generator

is in the stock location and he has a stock

looper timing

chest cover.

Interesting idea. Greg, do you know what

kind of pump he is

using?

Darrell Dick
Imlay City, MI

On Tue, 17 Feb 2004 13:32:43 -0500 greg

barratt

<gr-@tonedeaftouring.com> writes:

i saw an ambassador vert setup at the ohio

rally which had a

fabbed

up tank
and an electric pump. vert tranny, ambo

motor. tank was

just like

a
chopper oil tank...
i'd like to put an electric pump on a vert

project i'm

building

(pump is
missing from timing cover...) anyone done

this yet?

i have 2 verts with the lighter flywheel

(one of which is

the one

i'm
building above..), i have a spare heavy

flywheel, but

haven't used

it..
they say the lightweight flywheel is

unreliable, i haven't

had a

problem
yet. but then again i only have maybe

10,000 miles on the

vert..

there is a yahoo group for verts, that

someone may know

more..

(mgconvert)
is the group..




----- Original Message -----
From: "Darrell Dick" <ddic-@juno.com>
To: <Loopfram-@topica.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 1:14 PM
Subject: Re: Convert Questions


>Hi Mike,

Well, I certainly don't consider myself

an expert on the

subject,

but I
>have worked on a couple of 'Verts.

Hopefully, I'll be

putting some

miles
>on mine when the weather turns. I fixed

one that had a

broken

flywheel a
>couple of years back. I believe that

bike had about 40,000

miles

on it,
>and it had a sidecar attached. My

current bike has 26,000

miles on

it and
>it still has the original sheetmetal

flywheel. The point

I'm

trying to
>make is, I think they can last a long

time. I know Dave R.

in

Guzziology
>says he thinks it may have something to

do with

engine/tranny

alignment.
>
I have never ridden one with heavier

wheel, so I can't

comment on

how it
>affects the performance. I'd say your

choices are:

>
1. Go with the sheetmetal flywheel and

know that you have

the

best
>performing set-up, but you may have to

get in there again

if you

put a
>lot of miles on (and you might get

stranded somewhere. I

wouldn't