The heart and potential failing point of the MGA was it's fuel system. It was already known that SU carburettors where subject to failure with bad fuel supply. The MGA totally relied on a yet un-proven electrical fuel pump when most other cars on the market where using mechanically operated fuel pumps.
Anyway back to the problem with my MGA. When driven hard or climbing a hill the car would sometimes cut out. On investigation it appears during the rebuild of the MGA the fuel lines were damaged so the garage repaired the damage using rubber fuel pipes between the non-standard fuel pump and the fuel lines from the tank and to the carburettor.
The only solution was to replace the fuel pump and fuel line from the petrol tank to the pump and from the pump to the carburettors. The job appeared to be fairly simply however like all jobs it proved to be a little more complex. The fuel line from the tank to the pump was mounted behind the wheel arch frame and held in to position with a pipe clip attached to the retaining bolt for the rear suspension damper.
The fuel line between the fuel pump and the carburettor was more time consuming. The main problem was getting the pipe and fitting behind the rear bulkhead and chassis bar behind the drivers seat. Once installed the only other difficulty was positioning the pipe in the engine housing and bulkhead.
One installed and proved to be leak free there was that satisfaction
that the car now required a ROAD TEST!
