replacing fuel pump

[pocket-rocket]

Good Stuff... I've never, ever tinkered with the fuse or relay boxes on our F-Bodies...(You know how skittish Bobby can be around electricity...) so if you have some images that will keep me from FUBARing the hook up ...That would be "Great" and I would be "Great"ful...

Sorry, I didn't even see that post...

I'm not familiar if it's in all later GM cars or what, but this wire (borrowed from this post: http://www.60degreev6.com/forum/f97/...build-t40912):



If you move it to a terminal with battery positive it will trigger the fuel pump to turn on as long as that wire has voltage on it. It will make a small spark, but nothing to worry or get excited about.

[60dgrzbelow0]

Sorry, I didn't even see that post...

I'm not familiar if it's in all later GM cars or what, but this wire (borrowed from this post: http://www.60degreev6.com/forum/f97/...build-t40912):

If you move it to a terminal with battery positive it will trigger the fuel pump to turn on as long as that wire has voltage on it. It will make a small spark, but nothing to worry or get excited about.

Cool Beenz...P-R ...I'm thinking of capturing the old gas inside a Five Gallon Gerry Can...but I'm assuming you did yours into an open bucket so you had a visual on exactly how long to let the pump work B4 uncoupling your Red Connector...and then you probably poured out the bucket contents into a more permanent storage container... to minimize any fire hazard? Yes...?

[pocket-rocket]

The bucket was to see how much water would separate from the fuel. Then said concoction was poured onto a tree stump that my friend wanted to have dead by summer. It was also watered down bad enough I doubt it would be able to catch fire easily. If yours doesn't smell too bad, you could always save it for your mower- something I would have never done with my friend gas. It was way beyond bad.

[Syclone1452]

I replaced the tank and pump in my son's girfriend's '95 Camaro just a few weeks ago. The car had been sitting for a couple years with about 1/2 tank of fuel. The fuel tank was so rusty that I had to replace the entire tank.

Dropping the tank wasn't really a problem. BUT... we live in TX. We had no rust to fight with; everything came apart with ease. The biggest trouble I had was getting the exhaust out of the way. There were no flanges in the exhaust system. The former owner had welded-up the pipes from the manifolds to the muffler. I had to cut the pipe between the cat-con and muffler, so I could get the pipe that goes over the axle out of the way.

When you swap the pump, you really need to put that plastic bucket back in the tank. There are no baffles in that tank, and that bucket keeps fuel near the pump all the time.

I installed the Walbro F20000169 pump in the module, because it has the offset inlet that fits in the module best. I know it's a high pressure 255 ltr/hr pump, but it doesn't seem to overpower the regulator.