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Re: Fuel pump? '02 9-3 SE Posted by Justin VanAbrahams [Email]  (#32) [Profile/Gallery]
(more from Justin VanAbrahams) on Mon, 23 Jul 2012 16:37:57
In Reply to: Fuel pump? '02 9-3 SE, Justin VanAbrahams [Profile/Gallery]
, Tue, 3 Jul 2012 12:07:12
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Thought I would follow up on this...
After trying to jump the fuel pump fuse and fuel pump relay with no result, I dug around under the back seat. I was able to fish the electrical connector for the pump out through the existing hole in the body, and connected 12v directly up to it. I used a test harness I'd made for a late c900 - 4-pin plug connected to really long wires designed to reach the battery. Conveniently, Saab never changed the connectors on the pump. Still no action.
With the pump hardwired to the battery, I thwacked the tank with a dead blow hammer and the pump whirred to life. Okay, dead pump. Sold!
I used a Dremel with a Thin Cut EZ Lock cutting wheel along with their plastic deflector shield to chop out a piece of the floor, using some measurements found on another forum. The suggested cut was 9x7", but using a spare locking ring as a template I was able to cut a hole exactly big enough to get the pump out, about 8x6. (As measured from the edge of the existing hole). Zero mess and a perfect clean cut. Painted the edges with some silver Rustoleum to prevent future rust, even!
Took Roger's part number to NAPA and got a new pump insert. There is no commercially available, in-tank rated rubber hose to connect the new insert to the old pump body, so with judicious use of an X-acto and a heat gun I converted some scrap plastic hose for the job. The end result looks factory and should be totally durable.
Got it all back together and the car started up great. I made a cover for the hole out of some thin gauge steel, painted it silver, and screwed it into place. He carries dogs in the car, and sometimes in their excitement they don't wait for the seat back to come down, and I didn't want an anxious puppy stepping on the fuel pump hoses and breaking something. Used some self-adhesive velcro strips to secure the carpet flap to the cover, and you can barely tell it's anything but designed that way.
All in all, it was five hours of easy work, including the run to NAPA. No complaints about the result. Or the cost!
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