[AT] Autos-Was:refusing to replace old equipme

[charliehill]

Phil I checked the price on a pump for my 06 GMC the other day.  I don't 
need one but they have a habit of going out and I was on a good parts sight 
so I looked it up.  Roughly $450.00

My 89 GMC has a hole in the bed of the pickup right over the gas tank.  Had 
the pump replaced and it went back out a few days later when the tank was 
full and I didn't have time to remove it or the bed.  So I sawed a hole in 
the bed.  Turned out that the mechanic that put the pump in put the ground 
wire in a bind and it pulled in two.

Charlie
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Sent: Friday, December 19, 2008 7:02 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Autos-Was:refusing to replace old equipme


>I had to replace the fuel pump on my '91 F150 several years ago. It is an
> in-tank pump. With the tank empty it was no trouble to drop the tank and
> replace the pump. The hard part was parting with $115 for the new pump!
>
> Phil
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>>From    : Ralph Goff <alfg at sasktel.net>
> Sent    : Fri, 19 Dec 2008 12:24:11 -0600
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> Subject : Re: [AT] Autos-Was:refusing to replace old equipment
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>> Dropping a fuel tank for the pump doesn't sound as easy (I've never
>> done one so assumption here) as one bolted to the block. So I don't
>> know if a blanket statement that they are harder to work on is
>> entirely accurate.
>
> Re: fuel pump replacemnt, I know of one guy that had to replace the fuel
> pump in his later model GM pickup. They actually removed the box to do the
> job which added considerable time and cost to the bill. After that he cut 
> a
> small access hole in the box just in case it ever required another pump
> replacement.
> I've never removed a tank on a newer vehicle but have done a few old car 
> and
> truck tanks. I'd imagine that not having rusty old bolts to contend with
> might make it a little simpler although who knows?
>
> Ralph in Sask.
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