Fuel Pump= Dead Car=Coma State

[OSUStallion]

Hey everyone!

Well my fuel pump is dead. This time it was just an abrupt failure. I am 99% sure its the pump. I got a CEL I am going to get checked just to make sure.

There is Zero Chance I will be able to make it to cleveland to get this problem fixed so basically I got to do it down here with as little tools as possible. So if you have changed your fuel pump out can you give me some advice? I am looking for the method where you remove it without haveing to drop the fuel tank. ie. cutting a hole beneath the rear seats.


Thanks for your input.

Tony

[LinkMan]

Forget changing it yourself if you are able to get Ford to do it for you.

Check this link on the recall program for Cougar fuel pumps Click me! (http://www.fastcougar.com/forums/messageview.cfm?catid=3&threadid=96847&FTVAR_MSGDBTABLE=)

[B3NN3TT]

Tony-

If you can get the dealership to do it, AWESOME. If not, let me know. I just did mine a couple of months ago, so I can help.

[OSUStallion]

yeah i saw that recall which is awesome since I am on my second pump and the first time it cost me$400 to get it changed. I did it through a shop cause I have limited tools and no garage down here at college. Hopefully my vehicle can last untill June, thats when the new fuel pump will come out. If not I am totaly freekn screwed casue I commute to class. Ohwell thanks for the help,

Bennett who knows I may post something about needing a hand later next week or something, thanks for the offering!


Tony

[LinkMan]

Ok, true, it's still the old design :(

Never done a fuel pump, but if you need a hand to hand you the next socket or whatever, I'll help. And I've got some tools if you need them down here, jack, stands, etc.

[silverkat]

CALL SLADE!!! If he can fix it stranded on the side of 71N, he can help you. Actually, tonite I'll tell him to call you. And I bet Jeff knows too. Those guys are pretty smart.

[Pyro81]

If you have some tin snips, a hammer and a flathead screwdriver then your basically set. If i remember right that's all i used to pull my fuel pump out when it died. Tin snips were used to cut the hole bigger so you have more room to work and make it easier to pull the pump out. And use the hammer and flathead screwdiver to drive the plate counterclockwise. Use an old junk screwdriver though so your not messing up a new/good one. I had trouble pulling the fuel lines off though. I ended up just breaking the fittings cause i had no idea how they worked. My new pump came with new fittings so i didn't care. I think they work basically the same as the fittings for the two vacuum tubes on top of the uim. Take note though that i have a return-style fuel pump. The removal of a returnless should be the same minus one fuel line.

[OSUStallion]

Yeah that high pressure line fittings is why I decided to scrap the project this first time around and send it to a shop.


Anyways R.I.P. "the yellow menace" "The flashy yellow cougar" "Insert comment here about my car having yellow"

Its sitting in Angie's parents driveway, it stalled like 8 times on the way out there with 3/4 of a tank of gas. So... i guess I am going to wait untill June?!?!?! to get it fixed? I dont want to go to the shop and have them put a crappy one back in thats going to die in 20k miles and then be comepletely exempt from having htem put a good one in. Crappy twist of fate. Ohwell Worse things could happen. I may get fed up and put one in sooner but do you think they will care if there is a huge hole cut out when they go to replace it with a new one?


Tony

[Pyro81]

Hmmm, not sure what they would think about the hole. But then again, if that's the way the dealerships go to pull the pump then they might just think that it'll make it that much easier for them to get to it. I think you should contact Fett and get his advice in what do do. If he says they won't care there's a bigger hole then you could hit the wtb and for sale sections and see if anybody has a spare pump they can sell you cheap. That way you'll have a pump that should at least last long enough till the new ones come out. And when they finally hit the dealership shelves you could try and swap your old one back in and take it to the dealership to have the new one installed.

[OSUStallion]

Hye sounds like a plan. I talked to my dad and he told me to just fix it for now as well. Which is a good idea since I am technically barrowing someones car for the time being.

So who knows I may need some help in a week or something.


Cya Guys