I figured for as much effort I had in this It deserved me to post some pictures up. I've been thinking about this for quite some time and every time I read that other people do it I made me want it a little more. I noticed my stock fuel pump started leaking about 1 1/2 month ago and my mileage was dropping since then. so I started searching for parts instead of getting another lift pump.
From the junk yard I got two superduty pumps and hanging brackets, a steal at $9.99 each . the guy at the u pull and pay couldn't figure how to charge them so finally he charged them as mechanical pumps. I didn't complain. I also got the two stock tank to engine 5/16 fuel lines from the super duty as I wanted to hard lines instead of rubber hoses. I just like the way it looks, more industrial I think.
I ordered from Driven diesel their fuelab fuel pressure regulator, the oil pressure sender and their fuel pump controller
I got a fuel y fitting from e-bay and I ordered all my fittings from hoses and fittings website
At first I was hesitant about the hard lines, but it wasn't too much trouble, if any it's just time consuming. you have to get the end of the hose to line up pretty straight with the fitting so it's a lot of back and forth work and testing them before you are satisfied with the bends. When it was all done I only had two connections that were leaking, both at the fuel pressure regulator where the hose from the head goes into the regulator. Instead of re bending the line I found an ingenious way to fix it and thanks to the internet I made my own copper seals. Everything I found online to make a good seal would take a couple of days to get here and costed more than I wanted to spend.
Now the truck idles way smoother and I'm glad I did this. next is the cross over high pressure oil line to see how much smoother it gets. every body that has posted that they got it has said they work much better with the e fuel, I'm kind of exited to try it.

This was the most time consuming part of the build. trying to get these two lines to line up took me the most, but they were leak free on the first try [/IMG]
here's on the block, I just used a piece of plate and drilled holes at the original bolt locations to attach it. then I just screwed the block in the center



here's the connection to the back of the driver's side head. the original fitting was actually two 45 degree fittings. I removed one of them and used one 45 degree 1/8 npt to 5/16 flare fitting. I kept the original fitting that was attached to the head.


here's everything roughly plumed up. I made a small bracket to hang the pressure regulator at the from of the engine off of the high pressure oil pump.


here's a shot of how I attached to the original lines from the tank. I just used a piece of 3/8 hose for the line that comes from the tank and 5/16 hose for the return line.


I took it to the car wash after it was all done. here's everything all nice and clean


here's the filters under the truck. I have a extended cab and before when I was trying to figure out where to put them it seems like you have a lot of room down there, but it gets used up right away.


I uploaded some more pictures in my album, but not much more, even though I wanted to take tons of pictures as I went along, I started working and lost track of time and forgot about the camera. so some of them are of finished products. thanks to everyone that has posted about this before because most likely I read your post and managed to use some of your info in it.

 

Looks good. How did you plug the hole from the mechanical pump?

Parts list of everything you used?

 

Very clean setup.....Nice work on the Banjo fitting ...as far as the old setup....You just use a plate drill 2 holes and seal with Diesel rated RTV ..... WAcker 442 or equivelent ....

 

^^^ x2 ^^^ and reps sent for sharing. Can you estimate the total cost? Great steal on the pumps. I've always wondered why the pre-filter is needed as do the SD's actually use a pre-filter?

 

I used a freeze plug. 7/8 size works perfect! On a side note, i like the MR. Gasket Y you used. However for mine I like the way this mounts with 2 bolts, do you think this would work? Russell Billet Y Fuel Block 650400 | eBay It is -6AN inlets and outlets, is that about right? I can get the same one with a -10AN inlet and -8AN outlets if that'd be better?

 

I used a 7/8 freeze plug from Napa with some rtv gasket maker. the plate that holds the splitter is where the filter housing and lift pump originally mount, it sits a couple of inches above the bottom of the valley. I can work on a parts list. I'll post one up soon

 

You don't NEED a pre-filter. However, I personally am going to run one. Having a pre-filter water separator is SOP on most aftermarket setups and on lots of heavy equipment. Extra protection lol.

 

Church........

 

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Gospel...Great Scrolls...Mysteries of Life .....

 

Preaching to the choir?

 

No..........just stating Facts.....Do you understand the geometry of the Circle ?

 

What point are you trying to make?

 

Nice job on the e-fuel!

 

Thanks ReBilld.

Ford4life: That seems like it'll work, my fuel splitter has -6 inlet and outlets, I don't need anything bigger and personally fittings start getting too big for my taste after -6 size. it's a good price on that Russell one too.

It wasn't as expensive as I thought it would get. my cost for just the e fuel was just shy of $450. I ended up spending more because I bought a nice flaring tool and some other random things that may or may not have been needed.
I ordered from the diesel store the two filters and filter heads. STA33641 for the 30 micron pre filter and STA33642 for the 5 micron post filter. total was about $115
The Fuelab pressure regulator I ordered from Strictly diesel along with their oil pressure sender and their fuel pump controller. that was close to $195
Mr Gasket yblock fuel splitter 2961BL I ordered from e-bay $31
the rest was all random things that I shopped around a lot.
pumps, relays, and steel tubing came from the junkyard About $50
I had scrap steel around the house that I used to mount the pump and filters. The rest is the fittings, I bought way more than I needed because I wasn't sure which ones would work best. but pretty much they were all for 5/16 flare for the tubing I was using. the ones I'll mention are the ones at the engine. They are all 1/8 npt coming out of the heads, I used three 1/8 npt to 5/16 flare at a 45 degree's and one straight. The straight fitting is for the rear passenger head.