Re: Fuel Pump R&R

[audistuff@juno.com (Paul R Anderson)]

I think your problem was that you ran a fan.  This probably just stirred
up
the fumes.  When I did mine, I was outside with a slight breeze and
I didn't get much fuming.  Just a thought.


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don't
keep up with the list very well.
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On Sat, 21 Feb 1998 16:52:56 +0000 "Al Powell" <apowell@agcom.tamu.edu>
writes:
>Comments about fuel pump replacement, baed on 1990 200:
>
>This is a NASTY job, mainly because you spend so much time breathing 
>in straight unleaded fuel fumes...which is supposed to be a major 
>health no-no.  I was spitting gasoline fumes for 24 hours afterwards, 
>even with a small fan in one corner of the trunk moving air.
>
>If I do this again - EVER - I will seriously consider airing up a 
>scuba tank and using my regulator for air...I really detested this 
>aspect of the process.
>
>As far as the tool deal, the retaining ring on top of the tank is a 
>mild steel and unlikely to make sparks.  I used a flad-blade 
>screwdriver and tapped the handle with my hand to rotate it out of 
>the way.
>
>You can expect that the fuel lines will run and drip miserably and 
>continuously once disconnected, adding to the fuel inhalation 
>miseries.
>
>Ths fuel pump should be pulled with tha tank as LOW as possible.  1/3 
>or less is best.
>
>I was stalled the first time I went into this because I could NOT get 
>the unit on top of the tank up high enough to get under it.  I 
>finally figured out (with the help of some list-members) that the 
>main hose running to it had crept back through a retaining ring, so 
>there wasn't enough slack to get the top unit out of the way.  I 
>finally got a screwdriver into the 3" gap I could generate and 
>released that line; once it fell down loose I could unplug the 
>electrical leads and move the unit.  I retrieved the hose and pulled 
>slack through the retaining ring in the tank.
>
>The pump in mine had no permanent screen at all - just a "basket" 
>screen which clipped onto it.  There would have been no filtering at 
>the tank without it, so I re-installed the screen and re-assembled 
>everything.
>
>Cheers...
>+................................................+
>Al Powell, PhD             Ph:  409/845-2807
>Ag Communications          Fax: 409/862-1202
>Texas A&M University
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