My 91 Southwind Motorhome, 29 footer, is on a SuperDuty chassis (460). About 2 years ago I got stranded in the middle of nowhere about 90 miles from Flagstaff, AZ. Had to be towed in, when the rig just died while tooling down the highway. Found a very good shop, who diagnosed fuel pump problems. I asked him about a fix, and he said Ford can't supply the in-tank pumps; can't make them last. He said he had two rigs waiting about a month for replacement pumps. He replaced my fuel filter, which brought the fuel pressure up to barely acceptable, and told me it could last a long time, keep the fuel level up in the tank, to keep the pump cool. Yesterday, it died again. Fortunately it was about 9 miles from home, and after "resting" for a couple of hours, it restarted, and I got it home. In want to replace the pump with an after-market external pump. I've got the specs. I've gotten mixed ideas on whether I need to remove the old pump -- some say yes, some no. I'd prefer to not pull the old pump, as it means dropping the gas tank (which is full).Any thoughts from the group?
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19 years ago