A
good turnout of sixteen members made there way to the Lilly’s for the
technical day. The day started with morning tea, which I think could
have lasted all day, however Peter dragged the guys away in order to
make a start on the technical aspect of the day. I for one could have
happily kicked back in the sun content with my minimal knowledge of SU
pumps. However that was not to be, whilst the
girls chatted on the veranda, the ten guys gathered around a work bench
in Steve Lilly's spacious shed. Peter Dwyer has acquired an extensive
knowledge of SU fuel
pumps over the years and he spoke at length describing there operation
and repair techniques.
Many old broken SU pumps where available to fiddle with a
testament to how unreliable they are. Unfortunately the Lilly's shed had
many other interesting things to investigate and Peter had trouble
keeping the students focused on the pumps. However I think everybody
enjoyed the day and we
all would have learnt something
that may one day save us from being stuck by the road. The general
consensus was to carry a modern electric fuel pump as a spare!
A
Barbeque lunch followed, and Roynne Lilly provided a
huge
spread
of cakes for
dessert. We never did return to the shed to get those old fuel pumps
working but we know knew that we had
the knowledge should we ever need to!
I’m
sure everybody would agree that we had a good day and would join me in
thanking Steve and Robynne Lilly for there hospitality and Peter Dwyer
for the
technical info.
Andrew
Haigh
