87 5kcstq Dead Fuel Pump Troubleshooting

[Motor Sport Visions Photography]

In between arguments over mime/no mime html/no html, etc. I would like
to reach out to you all and ask for a wee bit of "no start"
troubleshooting help. Some may recall my first post on this
yesterday...a couple folks suggested the fuel pump relay, thank you!
But, I had already changed it :(

The car now sits safely in my carport awaiting my time to properly
troubleshoot it, but based on the way it died my focus is on the Fuel
Pump. When running ECU output tests with a new FP Relay the FP did not
make any noise, but that was troubleshooting streetside in a rain storm
so who knows.

I have the book-o-Bentley and decent troubleshooting skills so I am
pretty clear on how to determine if the FP is my problem.

My specific questions are:

1. Does the tank really need to be drained to R&R the fuel pump?
(Suggestions??? Siphon into another car or???)

2. Anyone know where the best place to get a fuel pump is these days?
(TPC wants $199.00 for P/N 447 906 091C and Linda wants $190.00 for P/N
443 906 087BE which is supposed to be the latest "sub") I imagine
Carlsen/Linda is the way to go?

3. I'll try searching the archives for the old tank screen threads, but
in case I don't dig them up can someone remind me with BTDT info on what
I need to look for/do there?

TIA! Now we may return to our MIME/HTML on/off issues ;-)

Mike Veglia
Motor Sport Visions Photography
http://www.motorsportvisions.com