[V8] Wonderful Dead V8

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Wow ... you went ahead and put it back in?  You're a better man than I am
Gunga Din!  

ISTR something to do with removing the fuel pump screen ... but I think that
was related to the 5000/200 not the V8.  Since it came back to life perhaps
there was a problem with the pump not being able to draw fuel through the
screen.  

I've had an interesting time finding fuel pumps for my V8s ... they are both
manual trannies, and #344 seems to be special in some ways ... I've had the
local dealer tell me this years ago when I had the airbag recall ... and the
standard fuel pump didn't work in that car's fuel tank.  For #2 I went with
pump in hand to the FLAPS ... they found a pump that fit and which seems to
work, but the diameter of the + and - terminals is backwards from the pump
that was originally in the car ... 

Steve B
San Jose, CA (USA)

-----Original Message-----

V8 is ALIVE!!!..... Taking out the fuel pump and shaking it draining it
etc.. made it to where its magic back to life! however I do not trust it
I will /replace the part and be done with it.

Thanks Listers! I have 13,269 emails archived dating back to the day I
got the V8.. I searched the list found the likely culprits and went from
there. Without your help I would have been lost. You guys rock!

Thanks again.

Verdict: Fuel pump is on last leg..  :)

Greg Furstenwerth wrote:
> Well I drained the fuel pump... emptied all the gas out of it "so no
> fire" and hooked it up to 12v.. That little bastard torqued out of my
hand?
>
> I am now mystified...
>
> Yes the tank was full... I just reached in the gas and man grabbed it
> out! It burns the flesh!
>