i used to fish with a guy who had an old omc seadrive and when his fuel pump went south, we replaced it with an electrical one. at that time we were told not to do because of grounding issues. on cars and most power equipment, you can ground through the frame. on boat not so. also most elec fuel pump applications are flooded suction situations, where as on a boat you are lifting out of a tank and pushing up to the carbs. as far as i know the elec one was still on the boat when he sold it several years later.
on all of my ditch witchs with wisconsin engines (2 & 4 cyl) i have replaced the old mech arm pumps with elec, because of the cost of wisc parts vs oreily's.
Last edited by phatdaddy; 07-18-2011 at 01:45 PM.
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