 Fuel Pump Swap help-Sending unit availability?? |
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 Oct 4 2005, 05:03 PM
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 Eats and sleeps DSM jargin.  Group: Members Posts: 1,995 Joined: 27-November 04 From: Yates City IL Member No.: 389  |
I started swapping the fuel pump in my Talon. Finally got all but one of the nuts off the sending unit. Last one is going to have to be snapped off. Problem is I can't get the hose disconnected from the top or the underside connection. There so rusted I'm pretty sure it'll snap the tube off the sending unit trying to get it off, I've been soaking everything in PB Blaster on and off for 2 weeks. I've read the VFAQ and I'm using flare wrenches.
As a backup plan I started looking for a sending unit (Napa, Advance, Autozone). Apparently you can only get it through a dealer, can't wait to see how much they want for it!!! So, does anybody got any suggestions or an available sending unit they want to sell (1G AWD) I now have to go out and find the tools I threw around the garage, yard etc. 
-------------------- 92 Eagle Talon TSI AWD "The Black Golfball" How fast can a 14B go???
91 Chevy C1500 "Problem Child" **SOLD** 01 Impala DD 07 Trailblazer Wife's new DD Cars run on blood, sweat, and horsepower... Without the first two, you can't get the last" SOB Racing "Sitting On Blocks" |
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Oct 4 2005, 06:01 PM
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DSM Tech Wizard Group: Members Posts: 2,404 Joined: 16-December 03 From: Fletcher/Bloomington Member No.: 214 |
Keep soaking.
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Oct 4 2005, 07:44 PM
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DSM Tech Wizard Group: Members Posts: 2,256 Joined: 10-January 01 From: central IL Member No.: 10 |
I've got a AWD tank with the sending unit and hose still attached... I've soaked it in PB Blaster also over the last few months, but I'm not sure how easy it'll come apart. I think I cut a line to get it out. $50 for the whole unit, or make an offer on what parts you think you need.
-------------------- The fastest car I own is a minivan....
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Oct 4 2005, 08:24 PM
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Eats and sleeps DSM jargin. Group: Members Posts: 1,995 Joined: 27-November 04 From: Yates City IL Member No.: 389 |
I'm going to keep soaking it...was wanting to get it in by this Friday's trip to Cordova.
AWD DSM 1, where are you located? Can you email me a picture of the tank so I can get an idea of what shap the sending unit's in. -------------------- 92 Eagle Talon TSI AWD "The Black Golfball" How fast can a 14B go???
91 Chevy C1500 "Problem Child" **SOLD** 01 Impala DD 07 Trailblazer Wife's new DD Cars run on blood, sweat, and horsepower... Without the first two, you can't get the last" SOB Racing "Sitting On Blocks" |
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Oct 4 2005, 09:19 PM
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DSM Tech Wizard Group: Members Posts: 2,256 Joined: 10-January 01 From: central IL Member No.: 10 |
Peoria area, get me your E-mail and I'll send the pic!
-------------------- The fastest car I own is a minivan....
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Oct 5 2005, 05:22 AM
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 Eats and sleeps DSM jargin. Group: Members Posts: 1,985 Joined: 30-June 03 From: Peoria, IL Member No.: 150 |
when i did mine, it did snap...
I had to flare out the tip of the hard line so that a clamp would keep the fuel hose on it. good luck, can after can after can of PB blaster have gone into the GSX. -------------------- You CAN sleep in your car, but your CAN NOT race your house!!!
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Oct 11 2005, 06:40 PM
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Eats and sleeps DSM jargin. Group: Members Posts: 1,995 Joined: 27-November 04 From: Yates City IL Member No.: 389 |
Sweet mother of God....I finally got the pump out!!!
Used a wire brush in a dremel to remove as much as the exposed rust on the threads as possible and soaked the threads in PB for 2 days straight. I also cut a block of wood to put under the outlet tube to prevent snapping it while turning the wrenches. -------------------- 92 Eagle Talon TSI AWD "The Black Golfball" How fast can a 14B go???
91 Chevy C1500 "Problem Child" **SOLD** 01 Impala DD 07 Trailblazer Wife's new DD Cars run on blood, sweat, and horsepower... Without the first two, you can't get the last" SOB Racing "Sitting On Blocks" |
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Oct 11 2005, 07:04 PM
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DSM Tech Wizard Group: Members Posts: 2,256 Joined: 10-January 01 From: central IL Member No.: 10 |
Did that other tank help any? I hope so!
-------------------- The fastest car I own is a minivan....
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Oct 11 2005, 08:40 PM
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Eats and sleeps DSM jargin. Group: Members Posts: 1,995 Joined: 27-November 04 From: Yates City IL Member No.: 389 |
Yeah it did thanks! Hopefully I can return the favor some day!
It was alot easier for me to wrench on those rusty fitting knowing I had a backup unit to throw in if I broke it. The car is my daily driver and I can't have it down for a long period of time. FYI...I had to put that hose atttached to the sending unit in a vice to get the flare nut to break loose. 
-------------------- 92 Eagle Talon TSI AWD "The Black Golfball" How fast can a 14B go???
91 Chevy C1500 "Problem Child" **SOLD** 01 Impala DD 07 Trailblazer Wife's new DD Cars run on blood, sweat, and horsepower... Without the first two, you can't get the last" SOB Racing "Sitting On Blocks" |
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