Both Pegasus (https://www.pegasusautoracing.com/productdetails.asp?RecID=87) and Summit Racing (http://www.summitracing.com/parts/sum-890145) sell inertia new switches. Pegasus has it for $69 and Summit for $29 - but the Summit unit is made for Mustangs whereas Pegasus is a racing unit. Both come with reset buttons. Probably some rewiring is in order.
My GTV never came with one, but since it is my track car, maybe I should install one. Bruce '73 GTV > Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2013 11:10:44 -0800 > From: Brian Shorey <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [alfa] inertia switch > > It's a known problem in these cars, and will generally fail and leave you > stranded at any random time. Most just bypass the switch. > > I think the same type of switch was used in a lot of cars in the 80's. > Ford > used someone similar. If you really want to have a working switch, you > might > try looking at other cars from the same era. > > Alfa (and others) replaced this switch with the dreaded combi-relay. > > The goal of such devices was to make the fuel pump stop pumping fuel if the > car was crippled or the engine wasn't running. These devices seem to > cripple > a lot of cars and engines. > > bs > > Sent from my iPad > > On Feb 21, 2013, at 9:32 AM, Steve Cole <[email protected]> wrote: > > > The cylindrical gray inertia switch in my 1977 Alfetta GT has failed. > It no > longer will pass current to the fuel pump and I've had to wire around it to > keep running. I bought a replacement from a junker and it is just as bad. > Is > there anything that can be done to rehabilitate it or is there a suitable > alternative switch available? I doubt there is anything Alfa-specific > about > it; it is simply mounted to the firewall with two wires attached. Do all > cars > with electric fuel pumps have a similar device? Does anyone know a > suitable > substitution? > > > > Steve Cole > > 1977 Alfetta GT > > 2012 Alfa Romeo Stradale (2 wheels) -- to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected]
