Thanks Crazy...just noticed you are in NM. Whereabouts? I'm a Clovis boy, lived all over...now in Lubb-rock, Tejas.

 

No problem. I live in Albuquerque. But I like to travel all over. Clovis is a nice area. To say the truth I rather be out of the big city.

 

Yeah...my half brother is moving from Albuquerque to Oregon cause of the changes he's seen there in recent years...says there's too much gang stuff going on. Haven't been there myself in years.

 

I will be doing the same removeing the bed to access pump. Do the connectors that connect the fule lines to the top of the pump break when removing them if so where do i get replacements before i do this? Can the pump be lifted out without disconnecting the lines from it? i am just replacing the sending unit.

 

Only in the south vally area. But it isnt that bad.

 

Don't know about the fuel connectors yet, will find that out this week. Got my impact wrench and sockets...fuel pump on the way. When I did those on Ford PU's, you undo the bed bolts and fuel filler hose, lift the front of the bed, or slide it back, expose the fuel pump and remove the hoses, marking them first. Then use wooden dowel or some other kind of drift to loosen the lock ring that hold the fuel pump into the tank. Lift the pump out, remove electrical connections, and install the new pump in reverse order. My 93 has the sending unit on the pump somewhere...don't know about later models.

 

let us know the end result''''

 

I had a couple of the fuel connectors brake on me. They were old and brittle. I had one give way after doing the fuel pump, and was temporary stranded at a gas station. My friend ran to Canadian tire and got new ones as they were just closing the doors. lol

 

Well, I've got to button up the job tomorrow, but got the fuel pump changed today...removed two bumper bolts to get bed bolt access, removed three bed bolts on each side of the frame, disconnected the rear lights at the harness and the last part of the spare tire crank. The $45 Chicago electric impact wrench from HF did the job nicely...best tool I've acquired lately. Got the old fuel pump out, cleaned the float rheastat with scotch brite/steel wool but never could get it to read the fuel level when back in the tank, so I went with a new pump from the parts store. It went in pretty easy, had to use new locking clips on both fuel-in, fuel-out lines. Hardest job was getting the old clamps off the filler neck hose and vent hose. Got new hose and clamps for those, and tomorrow I'll put the bed back on after I change the fuel filter. Had all the pump access I needed just by lifting the left side of the bed at the wheel well and standing a couple of 2X4 braces under the bed. Got all the bed bolts soaking in PB Blaster in a plastic bag...I'll have to clean them up well to use them again. Maybe my Chrysler dealer will have some in stock...hah! If so, I'll replace them. Also have to clean the bolt sockets on the bed real good. Don't know how anyone would be able to do the pump change by dropping the tank...all the hose and other connections are right above the frame rail and don't see how you could drop the tank far enough to get to them from either side. The top of the tank was really dirty, too...had to work on clean access there for about 30 minutes with scrapers, brushes and a screwdriver. Used a PVC scrap to drive the plastic retaining ring off the pump/tank to get the pump out. Should have it tied up tomorrow...it's good to have a reading gas gauge again. Cost to date: $80 for HF impact wrench, extensions and swivel socket set; $180 for fuel pump, clamps, hose, fuel line clips...with any luck this won't go over $300 total.

 

Cool! Glad you got it!