What a chore to change a fuel pump! My goodness.

I've been limping the truck along until this afternoon when I seemingly used 1/2 tank of fuel to go about 20 miles. Gas was streaming out of both drip holes. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/angry.gif" alt="" /> Almost 114K on original pump! <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> I reviewed the FSM and read about loosening the head bolts in order to change the pump...what's up with that? <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/zombie.gif" alt="" />

Bad enough I had to pull the carb and valve cover on my Raider, my parts engine, and not be able to get the other pump in, but then discover the newer pump doesn't want to go back in. I broke the phenolic spacer on the Raider and I'm fortunate to have on from parts stores.

Tomorrow, work permitting, I'm getting new pump, valve cover gasket set, and carb base gasket. I'll be without my Raider when I have a cool job to 4wheel through mud and ice to get to, and today I spun my wife's GMC out trying to get there. Darn 2wd's!