A different arrangement for fuel pumps (2025 Update)

Another flip side, BYM.... my loving bride is the "gasser upper" for the "good" truck..... she hates to get below a half (can I make it to the store???).... But, I find it much easier to gas up when I have the urge to gas up rather than have to break into a cold sweat about it.

I keep harping on "convenience" factor... if we do things when it is convenient for us to do them, we are never worried about having to do things when it is inconvenient. So what if I have half a tank? Theres the pump island, a soda would be nice, might as well do "the nasty" and be done....

Now, I realize that there are a lot of people out there that aren't "driven".... but, for some, there is much to be said about simply getting our fat asses out of the desk chair and "doing something"... which I must do directly.... with warm weather, I want to finish the framing in my addition so I can get the inspector in. I went to work about 11PM last night and yanked the transmission out of an ambulance (nothing good on TV, anyway) and later today, if I can find someone to help lift, I can get the replacement trans on to the jack and get it in by tonight.... and even have time to "Q" some burgers in between...

Work? Yes. Needed? No. Further, you would have to take care to filter the "blown" air. A pressurized tank would need to be carefully designed to be opened for filling without "burping" gasoline (pressure release before openning). A pressurized tank might be considered a higher explosion hazzard.

The existing design is meant to reduce cost of manufacture. These pumps usually don't die for the lifetime of the vehicle. You're unlucky, that's all.

They could use a more simple detection method in the fuel line or the pump itself. I agree on this as my SO killed her fuel pump recently after the second time she ran out of gas (because the gas guage indicated nearly 1/2 full when in fact it was empty). Crappy Chevrolet.

Cheers, Alan

When I went to remove the bed on my truck, not one bolt came out. They either snapped or spun the nut inside the frame....

I sure wouldn't try that on a 6 year old vehicle up here in the rust belt, nor would I recommend it.

Mike

Uh.. yeah, which is why I apologized immed, next post

Again.. my bad.

Jeff Strickland -

Nehmo - I finished the pump replacement, and the truck runs... but...

After I got everything back together, I idled the truck for several minutes. I checked for leaks and couldn't find any. I drove down the alley and the truck died a couple hundred feet away. Looking out the window, I saw a rapidly increasing wet spot on the pavement, and this meant I was bleeding from an artery. Further inspection revealed the

My first attempts to reach my hand to the elbow were unsuccessful, and I was contemplating the remove-the-bed technique. But then this time if I dropped the tank, I wouldn't need to do it all the way. I could get to the elbow by just dropping the rear of the tank. Anyway, while I was weighing the alternatives, I jacked up the left side of the frame and gained enough reach to push down on the elbow. It seemed to work. I only drove to the nearby gas station and back, but it didn't leak again.

I'm thinking about drilling a hole in the bed so that I can use a rod to get a good push on that connector. Maybe I damaged it when I disconnected it. It has a green button in a slot that you press to release. I thought it snapped in position when I connected it the first time; maybe it didn't.

This connector is on one of the lines that goes to the fuel filter. Maybe I'll have to replace that line.

Before I sign-out for the night, thanks everybody. I truly appreciated your help.

-- (||) Nehmo (||)

Nehmo - So there's a fuel pump timer? So how does it work and where is it? If the engine is off, the fuel pump only works for a minute or so? What happens when you try to re-start? Does it go for a minute or so again? And how does it know if the engine is running?

-- (||) Nehmo (||)