Sounds fun...not. Was the bad fuel pump the cause of the earlier woe? Did it throw a code? Did you get the blue tooth code reader?
Max Dillon, Charleston SC On Sep 7, 2014 6:53 PM, "Rich Thomas via Mercedes" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Yesterday was spent replacing the fuel pump on the Suburban. The tank was > nearly full, so every can I had (that didn't already have gas in it) and my > truck received gas. Turns out the tank is about 5 feet from the filler, so > the pump I had could not reach. OK remove filler tubes down below and > start siphoning directly from the tank. A largish fuel line helped that > process, and I had the back jacked up a foot or so, so I had room to get > into it. Got all but maybe 5 gal then ran out of vessels, so it had to > stay. Fun. > > I found a video of a guy showing how to do it, with some great tips so I > followed that. Problem was the two fuel connections from the plastic lines > from the tank to the hard lines, which are just above the front of the tank > and damn near inaccessible. esp with the transfer case and some large > plastic box right next to the front of the tank. The connection was by > those plastic clip/push-on connectors. I wrestled with that for about 2 > hours, arms and hands cramping from the contortions to get at them. I > tried using the round remover tool but could not really get them on there. > After a long time I finally got them to pop off just from finger pressure, > though it was hard to get a finger on one side. I hate GM engineers. My > arms and hands hurt like hell this morning. > > Once those were off, dropping the tank was easy enough with a jack under > the back, the front rests on a rail, so it tipped down and slid back OK. > New pump goes in easy enough, two wire connections to the power/level and > one to a pressure sensor. As I was putting it back the nub on the pressure > sensor snaps off, no way to fix it. Figured I would have to buy a whole new > deal but after a bit of research, and figuring it was some kind of sensor, > I found one at a local FLAPS, $33 for a $3 cheepchineechit part. So I go > there, 30min drive, the guy pulled it when I called to make sure they had > it (the tuberwebs said the store had one in stock). Another dude goes to > ring it up, says it is $43. WTF? So I argue with him, he says I could > only get that price if I paid for it on the web site then came to pick it > up. I point out I called to make sure what the web site said was true, the > other guy pulled it, I am not paying another $10 because of some stupid > process they have. He argues with me some more, finally he goes and asks > the other guy, who is the manager, what to do, the manager says no problem, > how about $32 just to make it right. I was sorely tempted to point out it > was a POS $3 part anyway, but let it ride and got home, popped the new > sensor in, buttoned it all back up, ran OK. Of course by the time I got > home it was getting dark, and having some concern about lights around a gas > tank made it a bit more challenging. Truck ran fine, wifey took it on a > road trip today, I have not heard from her so I guess that fixed it. > > Then this afternoon I decide to Marthaize my truck as it had been awhile. > Just as I finish a deluge starts, so I guess it is getting a good rinse > just to make sure. > > Now to go roll out my pizza dough if it has risen enough... and a fresh > scotch ale homebrew... > > --R > > > > _______________________________________ > 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 > > All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those > individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner > has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. > _______________________________________ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
