MGB Fuel Pump Remove and Replace. How to Install a Fuel Pump on a 1965 to 1980 MGB. You Got This!

Scroll down for links to part, products and tools. In this episode I discuss symptoms of a failed fuel pump on a MGB Mark IV Roadster. How to remove the Fuel Pump from a 1965-1980 MGB. What replacement fuel pump you should purchase. How to install the SU Fuel Pump the easy way without destroying the clamp and rubber grommet. MGB The car that changed the automobile industry.
Your MGB is special to you. You Can't Let Her Die so you need to learn the DIY. Old school solutions to your old but great classic car.
You Got This !
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Can't Let Her Die...DIY
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Moss Motors and Amazon links to Products & Tools used in this video. I love buying Quality Tools! Tools more than pay for themselves in the $ you save doing the work yourself. You Got This!
Parts
Moss Motors SU Fuel Pump (Best option, seen in video)
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Moss Motors Plastic Body Fuel Pump (2nd best option)
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Amazon link- ACDelco Gold EP42S Electric Fuel Pump (3rd, most affordable option) amzn.to/3kmgB3P
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[@genemaxwell6648]

Thanks, great video.... my fuel pump failed 100 miles from home, need to get the car recovered home and investigate, this video explains things beautifully ! - and yes, I'll keep the old pump, fixed, as a spare in the car !

[@duncanwilson9020]

I have a 1970 mgb gt that needs a new fuel pump, this video will be very very helpful, what a wonderful way to demonstrate how to replace an mgb fuel pump

[@user-xd3ql7cj4l]

Thanks for a great video!

[@yarrowescaladas8930]

One of the best MGB tutorials I’ve ever seen

[@stephennickles7389]

Thanks, you brought me back to my countless hours spent under my MGBs. I was always too cheap for the genuine SU pump, I'd throw in an electric pump and call it done. You are doing it the right way, good for you, entertaining video, Sabrina is beautiful! Safety Fast! Steve from Pa

[@53fan48]

Great video. I don’t have a MGB but my father did and I absolutely love them. I hope to have one soon. I love the wooden steering wheel and matching shifter. Keep making these entertaining and informative videos

[@cantletherdiediy1050]

Thanks for the great comment. You'll love the B, so much fun to drive and work on. Cheers!

[@dizzyroberts9789]

Totally agree with you 53fan, the videos are informative AND fun!

[@cantletherdiediy1050]

Thanks Dizzy. That's great to hear.

[@om-sm1bb]

Thanks for the video, fuel pump has failed on my 76 mgb. Will be using your video for reference when installing a new one

[@user-xd3ql7cj4l]

Awesome 😎

[@nicoletibbetts2339]

I don't blame Eugene for wanting to go for a ride 🐶🤣

[@cantletherdiediy1050]

Yeah, he would not move and totally stole the spotlight. I loved it.

[@shanevanwey5213]

Perfect timing finding your video. I have a 78 MGB with Rover V8 I am finishing up reviving from dead. I was wondering about the noise filter part of the wiring. Couldn’t figure out what it could be until you said it and then it was like slap to the forehead! On the under side of the tank, there is a wire with a connector plugged into the pump on that side, and I am not sure what that is now. I had been assuming it was the wire to the fuel sending unit, but your video has shown that to be incorrect (I received my car with a new fuel tank installed but everything else on fuel delivery was not installed).

[@williamshelton9688]

Good stuff….thanks

[@bluzzjazz]

I have a 74 1/2 that for the first time in 10 years would not start after the winter. I usually start it a few times during winter here in NC to keep the battery charged but got lazy this winter and the battery was stone dead. Anyway, after replacing it, she'll crank but won't idle. I'm thinking some sort of fuel issue, or the pump may be bad. I put a little gas in the carbs, and it started briefly and then died. The trouble shooting begins!

[@davidhart3538]

Hi mate, Ive got a 1979 MGB Roadster I had for 15 years. I'm originally from a little town west of Manchester called Salford. Up until now I've had my friend John Twist of University Motors do all the maintenance on my little monkey (my name for it). John is very well know for his technical video's and as of late Zooooom ! sessions. The first time I called John he was actually closing his Ada, MI location. I told him my issue of lighting problems and he bet me a fiver he would diagnose the problem in under a minute. Well, I lost lol and ever since he enjoys chewing my arse for being a cheapskate when it comes to parts on me monkey. That afternoon in Ada John kept saying there was something unusual with regards to my car.. Finally he said... "I knew it!" He went into a very old and dusty file cabinet and pulled out his paperwork showing he had actually owned my car many years back. He was able to tell me where it went when it left him and some history. So, now John travels quite extensively and hasn't the time to be available to me so regularly. Your video on this pump is wonderful. Its video is clear and well lit. You thoroughly explain steps by step the process and I appreciate that. I have a head injury from someone deciding not to stop at a stop sign years back which limits my ability to follow things well and your video is magnificent for that problem I have so thank you. I wonder how one know if they need a negative ground pump? Thanks in advance if you have a reply, David Hart. Allendale, Michigan.

[@cantletherdiediy1050]

Thanks for reaching out and commenting on my video. I'm happy to meet you David. I have watched some of John's videos and briefly met him at a MGB show once. I believe only MGB's built before 1969 had positive Earth. Your 79, like my 77, has a negative ground earth electronics which is much better. You can always confirm that by contacting Moss motors when you price out the fuel pump. They will be able to confirm your negative Earth pump. Thanks again David for the great comment on my video. That's a nice car you have there David. A 79 MGB .... take care of that gem Cheers!👍

[@stephennickles7389]

May John rest in peace

[@danielfox6907]

If you are not a stickler for originality there are alternatives to the price gouge. On my 1955 jaguar, I replaced the lucas pump with a generic electric fuel pump( from the local auto parts store)which came in a see-through plastic pack hanging on a hook.Remember to reverse the wires if your car is a positive ground, and check which port is the exit, and which port is the supply(intake) port. Cost at the time was under twenty dollars (1989). P.S.-the lucas pump has a set of points, which is the weakness in the design. The replacement pump is solid-state. It's like removing the distributer points for an electronic module.

[@markferrier6403]

Good video. The banjo fittings have a smooth side and a recessed side. Which side do you have facing the fuel pump?

[@cantletherdiediy1050]

Hey Mark, I didn't notice any difference. I put them on the same way that I found them. There was a lot of memory in the fuel lines so it was easy to put them back on the way I found them. I hope that helps

[@cantletherdiediy1050]

I rewatched the video and zoomed in and it appears the recessed side is facing the fuel pump on my MGB.

[@markferrier6403]

@CantLetHerDieDIY I removed it all to put on fresh hoses, then i realized there is a difference in the fitting. Each old bolt did have a fiber gasket on each side and a neoprene ring. So I reassembled with the grooved side facing the pump and I get a drip. It seems like the grooved side demands a gasket. Sometimes, on these cars, what should be so simple can be so perpl

[@markferrier6403]

Perplexing.

[@markferrier6403]

I reassembled each bolt with two fiber gaskets and the ring.

[@michaelannen4168]

My 1971 has it on the frame

[@bucksbench]

Misleading 1965 MGB fuel pump is in a different place.

[@nathanbiel3729]

Dude. Get to the fuel pump already. Too much unnecessary and annoying commentary.

[@annv7349]

Dude. There’s nothing unnecessary or annoying when it comes to an mgb. Safety Fast!