Fuel Pump Replacement - HELP
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Fuel Pump Replacement - HELP
I have a 1997 F350 7.3. I am replacing the fuel pump. In researching i have followed other write ups about the procedure. I have the fuel canister unbolted the hoses off the top of the pump and have the connector off of the bottom hose. I have not gotten the hose off the bottom yet.
The fuel pump is unbolted and lose, it wiggles, but I can not get it out. Some wrote about turning the engine over by hand and the cam would push the pump up and keep the tappet from falling out.
Question: how do you turn the enging by hand?
Any trade secrets on getting the pump out?
Thanks - Rick
The fuel pump is unbolted and lose, it wiggles, but I can not get it out. Some wrote about turning the engine over by hand and the cam would push the pump up and keep the tappet from falling out.
Question: how do you turn the enging by hand?
Any trade secrets on getting the pump out?
Thanks - Rick
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Clock the motor with the mark on the balancer to the pointer on the CPS . That makes it impossible to loose the tappet ..The pump won't pop up out of the engine , it designed not to .. Bolts out turn it back & forth as you pry on both of the bolt tabs simultaneously . If it breaks off , the tappet will still be there to attach a puller to ...
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It shouldn't buddy . The stroke of the tappet is limited to the distance it travels when the pump is bolted down ..If the OP can't pull it out , the tappet won't push it out ...
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Did you take the banjo bolt out of the back of the fuel pump connected to the metal fuel lines ?
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Thanks. Got the pump out and the new one back in before dark. That banjo bolt on the back is something else. Took a while to get it started correctly.
In the morning I will get the other lines hooked back up and give it a test.
While i was under the hood, I took a look in the fuel canister, it appears that the heating element is broken. (the round disk wire loop with the electricial connection).
Does anyone have a part number for this?
Will the the truck still work with this disconnected?
-Rick
In the morning I will get the other lines hooked back up and give it a test.
While i was under the hood, I took a look in the fuel canister, it appears that the heating element is broken. (the round disk wire loop with the electricial connection).
Does anyone have a part number for this?
Will the the truck still work with this disconnected?
-Rick
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Yes, it will run fine with the fuel bowl heater disconnected. Mine is unplugged on the inside and the wires stripped from the disk. Been that way for years. I don't know if it makes a difference or not but I left the disk in there so the standpipe would still be in the same place. I think the standpipe is LH threads if I remember right.
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