[AT] Part time trailer puller fuel system

[Phil Auten]

Farmer,
Think about getting a tank from a pickup with the EFI engine from a 
wrecking yard.
It "should" include the correct pump and fittings for the EFI engine. 
Of course,
you'll also need the computer and wiring harness for the EFI too. I 
think I would
just swap intakes and use the carb. It'd be a whole lot simpler.

Phil

At 03:04 PM 3/17/2008, you wrote:
>         I have an old 1983 F-150 with a 302 V-8 (sure wish it was a 300
>straight 6) that I am uncomfortable with about long term durability due
>to various noises...  :-)   I don't want to get involved in a rebuild at
>this time.
>I have a good 302 in an old station wagon (about 1985 IIRC) that my
>mother had bought and never drove. The wagon ran great and very quiet
>but the in tank fuel pump failed and she never had it fixed. It has TBFI
>engine and as I seem to recall that it used about 40 to 45 PSI pressure
>to feed it??? I never owned a Ford TBFI engine and never had to work on
>that part of one.
>         My old truck on the other hand has a standard carb on it 
> and I thought
>about just switching manifolds and using the carb but that is also more
>than I want to get involved with right now since it is a V-8. Also the
>TBFI would probably get better mileage. Does anyone make a replacement
>high pressure fuel pump that will mount outside of the tank? Or is
>heating too much of a problem outside? If I could have a son-in-law swap
>the complete engine over and add a different fuel pump that would keep
>it simple but I'm not sure that is an acceptable approach. I have never
>seen such an after market pump listed...
>
>"farmer"
>
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>
>Francis Robinson
>Central Indiana, USA
>robinson at svs.net