| Author | Message | ||
     Ed Chilcote (Eddie) New Member Username: Eddie Post Number: 5 Registered: 03-2003 |
Anyone ever remove fuel pump does that big ring unscrew I am afraid of breaking it. 97 D1 | ||
| Mike Cox (Mike_cox) New Member Username: Mike_cox Post Number: 8 Registered: 02-2003 |
Eddie, Before removing the ring, take a shop vac and a brush and clean all the dirt from around the top of the tank, if you don't, dirt could fall in to your tank and cause you additional problems. After cleaning up, make sure you have opened your gas cap to bleed any excess preassure from the tank. Take a vice grip and a cloth and pinch off the left hose. (drivers side) you can then break loose the nuts holding the hoses to the pump. USE TWO WRENCHES TO DO THIS. (Undue torque on the plastic housing could cause the pump to break, and you're back to the contamination problem again.) Disconnect the electrical connector. Take a large screw driver and tap one edge of the large retaining ring (Righty tighty - lefty loosey) You can reuse the black seal that goes between the tank and the pump, I found it easier to leave it in place and then put the pump in. Reinstall the locking ring. Make sure you use new nuts and "Olives" when reconnecting the gas lines. holding the hose up tight to the pump, tighten the nuts. reconnect the electrical connector, and you are all done except for replacing the access plate screws with new stainless screws and washers. (I think the size I used was #10 X 1/2") When changing mine out, I found that the cleanup took more time than actually replacing the pump, but a few minutes prevention can save a lot of trouble down the road. Mike | ||
| Ed Chilcote (Eddie) New Member Username: Eddie Post Number: 6 Registered: 03-2003 |
Thanks Mike this will be a big help Ed | ||
| Paul T. Schram (Paulschram) Senior Member Username: Paulschram Post Number: 1167 Registered: 02-2002 |
Ed: Many other fuel pumps can be put into the basket, thus saving you the expense of replacing the entire assembly. I used a pump to a Mazda pickup, the cost was $80.00. Peace, Paul | ||
| Ed Chilcote (Eddie) New Member Username: Eddie Post Number: 7 Registered: 03-2003 |
Paul do you know what year and model Mazda truck it was for ? Ed | ||
| Paul T. Schram (Paulschram) Senior Member Username: Paulschram Post Number: 1171 Registered: 02-2002 |
Ed: I believe it was the '94 B2000 truck. Many suggest a Cadillac pump, however the Caddy pump was almost as expensive as OEM. Per the factory Workshop Manual, the OEM part is in fact an AC Delco part, however, the wiring was reversed from all of those I've seen, but it's no big deal to cut the push-on connectors off and solder them on after reversing the polarity. Small price to pay to save $100. |
