Fuel starvation (403)

[peterg]

I think that I have found the cause of my problem. The solder on the ferrule of the inlet to the fuel pump had failed. Just resoldered it and will refit next week.

Found it when I took off the fuel pump and cleaned it out. An easy job to do. Got a repair kit from Teesdale Garage in Nottingham.

Next job is to reassemble the reserve solenoid unit. I don't think it is worth the £200 to overhaul it. I want to lengthen the short pick up pipe to match the reserve but the plumbers merchant says brass is difficult to solder to copper. Does any one have experience of this? Are there alternative ways?

Is there an recommendation for fitting a fuel filter in the flexible pipe up to the pump or will the standard in line plastic jobbie do?

Peter