5k Pierburg fuel pump installation

[Livolsi, Stephane]

Wallace, I put a Pierburg pump in my 86 5ktq earlier this year after a nasty
stranding (50,000,000 miles from nowhere)

It was a complete straight drop in operation.  I don't think I had to deal
with any of your 3 issues listed.  It was many months ago and I don't
remember the specifics but we brought the pump to the car (50,000,000 miles
from nowhere) and installed it with basic tools.  No surgery was required.

Just go for it.  The pump is made for these cars.

Stephane

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> From: 	Wallace White[SMTP:wallace at stanfordalumni.org]
> Sent: 	November 11, 2002 10:40 AM
> To: 	quattro at audifans.com
> Subject: 	5k Pierburg fuel pump installation
>
> After a stranding a few months ago, my three-year-old, Czech-built Bosch
> pump
> has run fine since I removed its screen and cleaned the tank... but I
> don't
> have much confidence that that fixed things, especially since the pump
> continues to be loud. My wife and I are going on a 2000-mile road trip to
> Utah's national parks over Thanksgiving; part of me wants to experiment
> and
> see if this de-screened pump lives, but the part of me that could wind up
> stuck somewhere in Utah doesn't.
>
> So, I've decided to put in a Pierburg fuel pump. Cheap peace of mind--and
> noise reduction--and I've got to fix a stuck fuel gauge sender anyway.
>
> It sounds like the Pierburg differs from the Bosch as follows:
>
> (1) Electrical connectors: can you just crimp male spade terminals onto
> the
> harness, to mate with the Pierburg's connector?
>
> (2) Eliminated damper: does an acorn nut come in the box, to replace the
> damper? I haven't found a supplier that knows.
>
> (3) Mount: I heard the diameter of the body is less than the Bosch's and
> you
> need an adapter? (This is an '87 turbo; I think the N/A pump is a
> different
> diameter, so maybe I'm confusing that.)
>
> Thanks for the help.
>
> - Wallace
>   '87 5kcstq 192k
>
> P.S. I'm probably going to go with Ron Wainright's source: Greenfield
> Imported, www.gicp.com, $170, have to order. But
> www.performancemotorcars.com
> has it in stock for $170. Are people still happy with them?
>
>
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