How To Remove - Install Fuel Pump?
Melting Slicks
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From: Lufkin Texas
St. Jude Donor '05-'06
Originally Posted by Da Mail Man
....well dammit!....get that man a beer, a bag of drugs and a hooker!.......
it worked just as you said it would........freakin' yippee!...it is however a very tight fit!.......
ok, now i can sleep tonight....i may keep the hooker just 1 more night!
. tomorrow, i'll verify if there is any voltage at the tank filler neck and proceed from there.
it worked just as you said it would........freakin' yippee!...it is however a very tight fit!.......
ok, now i can sleep tonight....i may keep the hooker just 1 more night!
. tomorrow, i'll verify if there is any voltage at the tank filler neck and proceed from there.
Hooray!!!
Be careful checking voltage if you didn't drain the tank entirely. It doesn't take much of a spark to ignite fumes and blow sky high.
Sleep tight. I hope your hooker is.
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Originally Posted by mseven
Dayam, Sounds like the party is at your house............. congrats
congrats
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Originally Posted by skateparkdave
Hooray!!!
Be careful checking voltage if you didn't drain the tank entirely. It doesn't take much of a spark to ignite fumes and blow sky high.
Sleep tight. I hope your hooker is.
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Originally Posted by RRT vette
Well freakin right, now you have a way to diagnose the problem ..did someone say beer, drugs, and hooker in the same sentence.
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From: Lufkin Texas
St. Jude Donor '05-'06
Originally Posted by mseven
It makes perfect sense to me, but I know it will make more sense as he actually goes through the process.
I didn't see anyone comment about direction of the sock
I didn't see anyone comment about direction of the sock
What mseven is refering to is the direction of the sock. If you'll look down into the tank with a safe flash light, you'll see a slosh gaurd at the bottom of the tank. This is so you still get fuel with a low tank when turning corners. The sock will have to be positioned on the pump so that it sits down in the middle of that slosh gaurd.
My "sleeve" just slid right off once I had the pump off.
If you look at the pic of my new pump on and lay your assembly at the same angle and mount the pick up "sock" at the same angle you should be ok.
Last edited by skateparkdave; Jul 24, 2006 at 10:41 PM.
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From: The Motor City
Originally Posted by Da Mail Man
as far as the direction of the sock, i think you mean the "sleeve" that goes around the pump.
the sock/strainer that "filters" sediment in the gas only comes off one way.........
the sock/strainer that "filters" sediment in the gas only comes off one way.........
True it comes of one way but can be positioned differently as in direction it has once in the tank.
Mine was hanging on by a couple of threads when I went through this. The FSM, Delco pump etc. stated to remember which way it was positoned and then to complicate things all sources showed the sock in a different direction. I ended up with it in the middle of the "yellow boat" (pointed 12 and 6 oclock) in the tank (if this makes sense).
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Originally Posted by skateparkdave
Ooops. I thought he had said he had the sock all figured out.
What mseven is refering to is the direction of the sock. If you'll look down into the tank with a safe flash light, you'll see a slosh gaurd at the bottom of the tank. This is so you still get fuel with a low tank when turning corners. The sock will have to be positioned on the pump so that it sits down in the middle of that slosh gaurd.
My "sleeve" just slid right off once I had the pump off.
If you look at the pic of my new pump on and lay your assembly at the same angle and mount the pick up "sock" at the same angle you should be ok.
What mseven is refering to is the direction of the sock. If you'll look down into the tank with a safe flash light, you'll see a slosh gaurd at the bottom of the tank. This is so you still get fuel with a low tank when turning corners. The sock will have to be positioned on the pump so that it sits down in the middle of that slosh gaurd.
My "sleeve" just slid right off once I had the pump off.
If you look at the pic of my new pump on and lay your assembly at the same angle and mount the pick up "sock" at the same angle you should be ok.
hahah.....ok, we are on the same page. i understand about the direction of the "sock". i thought he was "pulling my leg a bit". i will copy the one in my tank if i have to pull it out to replace the pump.....
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Originally Posted by mseven
No, I meant the sock/strainer.
True it comes of one way but can be positioned differently as in direction it has once in the tank.
Mine was hanging on by a couple of threads when I went through this. The FSM, Delco pump etc. stated to remember which way it was positoned and then to complicate things all sources showed the sock in a different direction. I ended up with it in the middle of the "yellow boat" (pointed 12 and 6 oclock) in the tank (if this makes sense).
True it comes of one way but can be positioned differently as in direction it has once in the tank.
Mine was hanging on by a couple of threads when I went through this. The FSM, Delco pump etc. stated to remember which way it was positoned and then to complicate things all sources showed the sock in a different direction. I ended up with it in the middle of the "yellow boat" (pointed 12 and 6 oclock) in the tank (if this makes sense).
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Kinda yeah, when I put my new fuel pump in I positioned the sock pointing toward the left side of the tank..in the middle, if that makes sense. Mail Man...I'm coming to your house, IN MY VETTE, for the hookers and boooooooooooooooooooooooze! I really hope this cures your problem! and AGAIN skateparkdave
yeah, when I put my new fuel pump in I positioned the sock pointing toward the left side of the tank..in the middle, if that makes sense. Mail Man...I'm coming to your house, IN MY VETTE, for the hookers and boooooooooooooooooooooooze! I really hope this cures your problem! and AGAIN skateparkdave
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Originally Posted by rick lambert
Kinda yeah, when I put my new fuel pump in I positioned the sock pointing toward the left side of the tank..in the middle, if that makes sense. Mail Man...I'm coming to your house, IN MY VETTE, for the hookers and boooooooooooooooooooooooze! I really hope this cures your problem! and AGAIN skateparkdave
yeah, when I put my new fuel pump in I positioned the sock pointing toward the left side of the tank..in the middle, if that makes sense. Mail Man...I'm coming to your house, IN MY VETTE, for the hookers and boooooooooooooooooooooooze! I really hope this cures your problem! and AGAIN skateparkdave ok, i am otta here for tonight. this thread has been a sister to a very large thread and i hope people will get some info out of it as well as a chuckle or two!...back tomorrow!........thank you everybody for the healp, and i don't say that in passing as i really do mean it!......g'night all!
ps, ya might not want the hooker after she is "done"....awe hell, i'll get ya a "fresh one"!
Last edited by Da Mail Man; Jul 25, 2006 at 06:45 AM.
