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OK, so car is up and running, but not before some struggle and stupid nonfatal mistake. I decided the existing internal plastic pipe to the pump was long enough to just cut off and attach the new pump to the cut end. Maybe this is easy when the pipe is new, but trying to push the hardened pipe completely onto the barbed brass connector is not possible. I tried heating the brass with first a heat gun and then a soldering iron and then heating the plastic pipe, but the best I could do was to get the pipe up to the second of the 3 barbed/flared rings. A stainless steel clamp had to do to make this even useable. All this was done with great difficulty and wrestling as all the rest of the fuel pump assembly was still attached and you have to be real careful you don't break anything while focusing on getting the pipe on!
By nearly 12 midnnite, all was put back into the tank, lid put back on and wired up. A turn of the ignition and no startup, just rrrrr rrrr rrrr of the starter and engine rotating with the faint sound of the new pump running. Had enough for one night and headed to bed. Before hitting the pillow, a vision flashed in my head and I called myself stupid and realized my mistake. This morning, I opened up the tank, extracted the pump and off came the fuel screen basket to prove my vision of the nice red plastic shipping cap still protecting the pump intake bottom!! Good thing I don't fix planes!!! 10 minutes later, all was back together and the car was idling fine (except for the recent turbo blue fog fart that I'll get to in a few weeks.... I'll also be thinking about finding a new submersible fuel pipe to make a permanent internal connection.
posted by 169.253.1...
, Tue, 28 Feb 2012 09:33:45
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