Just finished up my fuel pump replacement. Here’s the deal: Jaime was kind enough to refer me to a text he had seen from Pieter Van Rossum, a W113 guy, where he had replaced the stock “tall” fuel pump with a generic Carter pump.
I got a Carter pump the same day from the Island of Large Wimmen for $102.00. A pittance compared to the minimum of $700 or so in the market for rebuilt or used stock fuel pumps. I spent a fair amount of time yesterday adapting the mounting and getting the lines and fittings set up. They actually worked out well, as you’ll see. It was also a good opportunity to replace all of the old hoses at the tank and pump while I was there. Not fun, but not too bad of a job despite how much I hate working around gasoline. Since I had the instrument cluster out of the car for the dash pad replacement, I couldn’t start the engine yesterday as the oil pressure gauge and capillary tube for the coolant temperature gauge were both disconnected. I did turn everything on last night and it ran and made pressure, no leaks. Loud compared to the stock pump, but hey, for $100 I’ll live with it. Got the gauges connected this morning and fired it up. Success! I haven’t taken the car on the road yet, but I suspect it should be fine. More as I know it. As icing on the cake, as I was collecting all the parts together for the old pump I found the bulk of the “missing” brush spring. I might be able to reuse it after bending a new end on the remains of the spring. Woo-hoo! Here’s a link to a lousy cell phone photo. The return line is hanging in the foreground with a hose clamp on it: http://penoff.com/photo_dump.html#0 Carter P4601HP inline electric pump - $102.00 2” PVC rubber coupling - $4.00 3 - Corner braces - $4.00 6 - M5 nuts, washers - $2.00 Miscellaneous hose, clamps, crimp connectors, etc - stock I’ll have a far more detailed update in my blog probably tonight. I gotta get back to finishing up the dash…. -D _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com