87 5kcstq Dead Fuel Pump Troubleshooting

[Mike Del Tergo]

>I take it the clips are at the base of the pump and they are what you
>need to reach into the tank and remove by braile?

You will be able to see the clips right off, (black in color just outboard 
of the pump) maybe after you drain some fuel.  Check the Bentley, There are 
3, roughly triangularly spaced about the FP. The clips are made of plastic, 
fairly large and oriented straight up and down.  To release them, you gently 
push the tab away from the pump, once disengaged, slightly lift that 
"corner" of the pump mount to keep the clip disengaged, then repeat for 
clips 2-3.  Reinstall is easy as the pump mount will only align with the 
correct holes, they appear, but are not symetrically spaced.  Once correct 
orientation is established just push the pump down to seat and check for 
positive "clip in"
>
>The screen, if it is there I assume I will find it at the FP mounting
>base?

No, the screen is integral to the pump bottom, you will see it on the new 
one maybe, or on the one you remove.  I believe conventional wisdom is to 
remove and let minor flotsam flow through pump and get trapped in filters 
versus starving the pump.
Good Luck, it is an easier job than it may seem before hand.
Mike
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