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PostPosted: Thu Jun 12, 2014 8:08 pm 
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Car Model: ST185 CS/RC
My charge cooler pump died on a short circuit and caused a burn to the car´s chassis loom. Was a overhauled pump I put in last year.

Now I´m fed up of peeing, rumbeling ( the original pump of my car) and short circuited ( the replacement ) pumps and thinking about to switch over to a Craig Davies electrical pump.

Did anybody used one of this pumps therefor ? Any opinions ?

Oh, I forgot to say: Switching to a FMIC is no option. :mrgreen:

Greetings, Eric

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PostPosted: Thu Jun 12, 2014 8:41 pm 
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I think this would work fine. :D

There are a few options for refurbished pumps over here in the UK if you wanted to try another. Although with the loom damaged an aftermarket one may well be a lot easier to sort out.

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PostPosted: Thu Jun 12, 2014 9:10 pm 
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I repaired and modified the loom today. The pump was running on switched power already as I have a ST205 engine in my ST185 CS with a late spec MR2 turbo ECU from Mines. The guy who made the loom therefor connected the pump on switched power without a fuse, only god knows why. I extended the loom while repairing it. The switched power leed now switch a relais that switch permanent power from the fuse box, including a own fuse to the pump.

Only thing is that the fuse blow instand, caused by the short circuit pump. :(

A refurbished pump from the UK will cost a lot of shipping to get here to Germany, to sent my old one back will double the shipping and I don´t think that I will get a refound for the burned pump anyway.
So I think to buy a EWP here will cost only a bit more and will be a upgrade compared to a refurbished standart pump. I´m only confused about which one to buy.

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PostPosted: Sat Jun 14, 2014 10:44 am 
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Hi,


http://www.jabscoshop.com/marine/pumps/ ... riming.htm

fits the (st205) bracket p&p

greetz

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PostPosted: Sat Jun 14, 2014 9:20 pm 
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Way too expensive, sunny. The EWP80 from Craig Davies makes 80 l/min too and costs 209 Eur incl VAT. Making a bracket isn't so much work to do.

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PostPosted: Mon Jun 16, 2014 9:48 pm 
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Hi,

sry, aint had a look on the price, iirc i bought the pump for around 200€ years ago

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PostPosted: Sat Aug 09, 2014 10:11 pm 
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It ended up by buying the EWP80. Fitted it to the car today:

The pump is very slim, but got big connections so I needed adapter hoses I luckily found on eBay.

Started with unpacking the parts and remove the burned pump:

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Needed some time of brainstorming to find the right position for the pump and making a custom bracket for the pump:

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Only needed to replace the power connector by the one from the burned pump and bolt the pump into it´s new place:

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The underside cover fits barely and I´ll have to think about it to cut it out if the pump makes too much noise as the cover touching the pump, but I´ll decide this after a test drive I didn´t done.

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PostPosted: Mon Aug 11, 2014 1:17 pm 
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Hi,

looks good, you can also try to heat the plastic with a blow-dryer and bend it if you have the chance to get enought space

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