i had a 2000 chevrolet s10 that i took the fuel pump out of and i am currently trying to fab up an in-tank pump for my maverick... just a little fun while im bored... any tips or ideas? thanks
In Tank Fuel Pump I would recommend not using a GM part on anything, They cannot built decent cars nor parts. An easy way to install a high pressure pump is to use one from a 1987-89 Lincoln Cont. The pump on these cars was mounted inside the frame rail just forward of the right rear wheel. The filter was mounted right next to the pump. I installed a universal electric pump on my 76 F-150 inside the frame forward of the tank switching valve. General motors is the American Yugo! Take that from a former car dealer. Good luck Texasjack
Agreed those pumps put out way to much pressure for an carb. The range of those pumps is 50+ psi (closer to 75-80psi for SEFI) and carbs can get problematic at 14+ psi. If you were going to do that setup you need to have a return line installed, a pressure regulator(and a guage would be good too) installed. Then you have to bend the pickup tube to the correct depth without pincing or breaking (if you don't you can have it sitting on the bottom not sucking anything or you can have 5-6 gallons of gas that you will never use) Then you have to bend the float to the proper calibration level to give you accurate readings so you know how much gas you have in the tank. From there you need to wire in a matching guage (general motors run their guages at different voltages then fords do either your guage will not show anything or it will read full all the time) It would be best to wire up a fuel pump relay and probably a kill switch like the newer vehicles have (in case you get in an accident).... This all being said is assuming that the hole in the top of your fuel tank even matches the diamater of the fuel pump assembly. Therefore if the fuel pump assembly is smaller in diamater than the ford hole most of this is null and void because you just wasted your time dropping a fuel tank on the slight chance the holes are the same size and you won't be able to seal up your tank to get it to work right.....
In Tank Fuel Pump I use a low pressure pump on my 76 F-150. It has a Mustang engine and AOD tranny. The Mustang was from a theft recovery and they stole the fuel injection system off the engine. I wanted to keep things simple so I installed a Ford intake manifold with a 2 barrel carb. At my age I do not need a hotrod. Auto one and Orielly have low pressure universal electric pumps. Good Luck Texasjack
While you have good knowledge of the parts you can use... the generalization towards GM products is a bit tunnell visioned. However, welcome to the forum, I haven't seen you around before.
Fuel Pump Installation Andy Thank you for the welcome. My experience owning a used car dealership opened my eyes about GM. I had a 150 car inventory with usually 33% GM in stock. Each month I spent between $6-9000 on repairs and month in and month out I spent 70-80% of that repair money on 33% of my inventory. Tranmission problems, A/C problems, electrical problems, water pump failures and I could go on. It was so bad that every time I bid on a GM at auction I automatically figured in a transmission rebuilt. I did dealer finance and I would sell Fords and Chryslers on a note but not a GM. The transmission would blow and they would leave it on the side of the road and I then had to pay tow and impound fees. Ft. Worth would hold it in storage for 30 days before they would notify us. At $15 a day storage. I sold hundreds of Fords on credit and did not have to worry about them lasting long enough for the note to be paid out, same went for Chryslers. It is no surprise to me that GM has lost market share. What is real sad is people have massive problems with GMs and they think all American cars are like GM and they go Japan. This is without the most informative forum I have ever been on. Y'all really know Fords. Thank you for your reply Texasjack
Sorry for your bad luck with the products, doesn't sound good at all. While I do prefer Fords, I've had decent luck some good GM products.
