>> HOLLEY RED/BLUE ORIENTATION ??

[MIDNIGHT RIDER]

When mounting a Holley electric pump, must the motor be above the pump, or the pump above the motor, or does it matter ??

I just had reason to mount a Holley RED on an old gas-burner in order to be able to move it around in preparation for a diesel swap.

I went ahead and mounted it with the motor on top; but, in order to do so, I had to "horse-shoe" the fuel-lines going in and out by using two street-ells on each side.

I could have put the motor on bottom and then went straight in/out with the lines.

The CARTER standby/bypass electric pump on my Ford/Cummins specifies it be mounted motor down, as the fuel cools the motor, but it seems I read somewhere that the Holleys had to be mounted motor up.

Thanks.

 

[RLDSL]

The motor chamber on the holley pump is a dry chamber and it prefers to stay that way, Motor up

 

[MIDNIGHT RIDER]

The motor chamber on the holley pump is a dry chamber and it prefers to stay that way, Motor up

Thank you, sir.

I got to puzzling on the situation and I ?think? maybe I could have simply loosened the motor-clamp and turned the whole thing 180*, thus eliminating the need of all that extra plumbing.

There is a sort of protusion on the side of the pump that is currently facing outward, which would face inward when rotated.

I will get out one of my swap-meet collection of Holley REDs/BLUEs, loosen the clamp, and see if this rotating theory will work.

If that protuding business interferes with mounting, a smart man like me can simply add a spacer behind.

Why didn't all of this come to me before I screwed on all those elbows ??

 

[RLDSL]

If you have to start fabricating a new bracket, run down to your friendly neighborhood scrap metal yard. You can find nice big chunks of scrap aluminum angle, about 1/2" thick that is perfect for pump brackets that is real forgiving for squirrily cutting to fit into odd places and is very strong , probably end up costing you about $2