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Default 2001 Ford Ranger help! "Fuel Pump"

On Saturday, January 4, 2014 11:01:52 AM UTC-8, Gunner Asch wrote:


Oh I found em cheap at Rock Auto...but waiting another week for

shipment isnt in the cards.


Gunner,

I know it has been awhile since I have been around here, but one thing you might consider doing is to make yourself a small secondary tank to house the fuel pump. You then use a cheap electric not in the tank fuel pump to transfer the fuel from the main tank.

Several advantages to this scheme:

1] The expensive pump is always submerged in gas so it stays cool. (Running the tank below 1/4 often shortens pump life.)

2] If you have to swap out the pump in the future, It is small and accessible without all the work to pull the main tank.

3] You can design it so you can use the cheap fuel pump module only rather than the more expensive unit with the float screen etc.

Roger Shoaf