[AT] More on the water pump

[charlie hill]

Ralph I sawed a hole in the bed of my 89 GMC but it was an emergency.  It 
had a full fuel tank and I HAD to be somewhere the next morning early.  I 
had just had the pump replaced and it went out again a couple of days later. 
Turned out the mechanic had pulled the ground wire tight around something 
and the movement of the truck on the road pulled the ground wire loose.

Charlie

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From: "Ralph Goff" <alfg at sasktel.net>
Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2010 1:18 PM
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Subject: Re: [AT] More on the water pump

>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jim & Lyn Evans" <jevans at evanstoys.com>
> To: "'Antique tractor email discussion group'"
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> Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2010 5:39 PM
> Subject: Re: [AT] More on the water pump
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>
>> If everyone is paying attention to this thread, you will see that it is
>> the
>> same old stuff that goes wrong with the new cars as what went wrong with
>> the
>> old cars.   If you can fix an old tractor you can fix a new car 90% of 
>> the
>> time with a little bit of thinking and diagnostic time (and maybe a 
>> little
>> advise from the internet)
>
> True enough, but the new vehicles are so much harder to work on. 
> Everything
> packed in so tight with wiring harnesses, hoses, etc everywhere. I can't
> even see the spark plugs on my V6 Blazer (97). Thank God they last a long
> time because I don't think I have the technology to change them.
> How about fuel pumps? I have changed numerous fuel pumps on older 
> vehicles,
> the type that were mounted on the engine running off the cam. . They are
> relatively simple and uncomplicated to change in an hour or less . The 
> newer
> fuel injected systems (GM I am thinking of) have the fuel pump in the 
> tank.
> On the GM pickups this involves unbolting and lifting the entire truck box
> to get at the fuel pump! Thats a little ridiculous unless those pumps last
> the life of the vehicle. (They don't) I know of one farmer who had a hole
> cut in the truck box in the appropriate spot so that next time he needs a
> pump replaced it will not be necessary to remove the box.
>
> Ralph in Sask.
>
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