I have been flying for years and you get what you pay for, i have no idea how many fuel pumps i have gone through or the trouble i have had with them drawing fuel they tend to slow down or not draw at all, i am a firm believer of paying good money for quality products, i bought the new boxer fuel pump last week advertised on the home page and all i can say is it is quite and so far it has been such a good product, i like it so well i am buying another and the price just went up again last week but the quality is there and i do not believe i will have to purchase another fuel pump for a long long time, rollie

Hello; I'm not clear on what kind of pump you are talking about, is it the pump you use to fill your planes fuel tank from your fuel bottle? That's the only fuel pump I have ever used. I do read a lot of people do use fuel pumps to move the fuel from the tank to the carberator, I have been flying since 90' and have never needed a fuel pump to get the fuel to my engine, and it seems to me that a pump could be usefull to solve fuel delivery problems that could be solved by positioning the tank correctly. I use one of those hand cranked fuel pumps to fill my planes.

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It is a fuel pump to fill the tanks up, it is called the boxer fuel pump and it sell for 45 dollars it is advertised on the front page here, i have gone through so many fuel pumps but this one is really nice and i think it will last a long long time, rollie

Hello; Okay, I understand now, thanks for clearing that up for me. A few of the fellows I fly with have had great success with a fuel pump off a Mazda car, or any automotive electric fuel pump. One fellow (Elwood) has had his since the late eighties with no problems. I tried a windshield washer pump once, but it didn't last very long. I bought 3 or 4 12 volt pumps too, but they all seemed to start leaking after about a half of a season, so I gave up on them (thunder tiger) and went to the hand cranked one.

I had the same problems when I started flying too. All the electrics that I tried all started to leak in less than a season. I purchased a Hanger 9 hand cranked pump and it's been going strong for 4 years now, doesn't leak a drop!!!!

Ken

Wow, I didn't know fuel pumps were so problematic for people. I started this hobby back in '99. I bought a Hobbico electric fuel pump and it is still pumping strong with no leaks. I don't know if this has made a difference, but I always empty the fuel out of the lines after using it.

I too had no idea that getting a good one was a trick. Being cheap by nature I just got a hand crank pump when I first was rounding up my field gear. It works great to this day. I also a little later down the road won an electric pump by Hangar 9 at a swap meet being held at the LHS during their raffle. I sat on this thing for about 3 or 4 months forgetting constantly that I had won it, till one day I remembered I had it in time to hook it up. It works really well too. I wired it into my power panel, set the pump on fill & now I can just use the power panel controls to operate it with. Both fill or empty can be selected right there in front from the power panel. Works great, it really appeals to the lazy side in me