Hello all. It has been a while. My 2000 2wd 5.4 Ex has developed a issue and I'm going to say it is the fuel pump. It was right before Christmas and I went out and the truck would not start. I panicked and remembered the relay. It pressed it, it clicked and off I went. Last week I was leaving work and it did the same thing but the relay was not tripped. I got under it and rapped the tank a couple times with a rubber mallet and it fired up just fine. Went out this morning, super cold out and nothing. Rapped on the tank, nothing. Took the other car to work and came home, rapped on it again and nothing. The fuses are good but I'm sure it is the pump because I was able to hit the tank and start it.

My question is, does anyone have a write up on removing the tank or a video? I like to see what i'm up against before I start to pull it. The bad thing for me is I have a little over half a tank of gas in it and no place to put it. This is going to be fun. Thanks in advance.

 

Here is a thread with lots of good pictures by Tom that walk you through a pump replacement.
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...s-of-pics.html

And for entertainment you can follow my fuel pump frustration here in this thread, it does have everything a happy ending, a dancing pickle and a few servings of Brent!
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...do-i-have.html

I was able to leave the fill and vent tubes connected to the tank hoses and thread them between the cab floor and frame without disconnecting them, made the job a little easier.

 

Scanning through the link above I will add.

Please do not use a steel hammer on a steel chisel with open fuel lines.
It only takes 1 tiny spark to ignite the fumes and there will be fumes.

20 gallons or fuel in your tank is going to weigh 120 pounds, a coulple of helpers should enable you to balance the tank on a jack if you do not have appropriate transfer and storage capabilities.

Once you get the tank open and pump out, have a plastic plate, Tupperware lid, plastic lid off a coffee can or some other round plastic cover handy to cover the opening. A plastic bag and rubber band works for the filler/vent. You want to keep debris out certainly but equally you want to keep those fumes in.

Sound like I am being Saftey Sam ? Good because I am.... it is easy to dismiss the dangers when we handle gasoline at the filling station on a frequent basis but you have to consider that filling you vehicle has been reduced to the bare minimum of steps and those steps have been optimized for safety after some pretty horrific tragities.

Now you are opening up a closed fuel system so the Saftey protocol is your responsibility.

 

Excellent write up WE3ZS. Just what I was looking for. Mine is a 2WD so I will have to get the rear end up pretty high. It figures that I have all that fuel in it and the pump decides to take a crap. My friend said he had a pump to get the gas out. I have a few gas cans I can use.

Thanks again, and yes pirate, you can never preach too much safety when messing with gas.

 

I change the pump on my V10 a few months ago and just rolled the back wheels up on ramps. the rear end was not in the way for me.

 

Me and a buddy did mine in a parking lot after it crapped out on the interstate coming home from a race. Sucky day was sucky. At least it is pretty easy to drop the tank in these trucks.


(not me in the pic)

 

Hey, ya got shade and are not working in the mud, couldn't have been that sucky. LoL

 

That's a big tank. Bought the pump today and got the whole drop in unit and of course the non CA. I have a friend coming over tomorrow. I planned on using the ramps to get the truck up. Mine is s 2wd. After driving the EX so much it was hard to drive the LS400 which is our back up car and soon to be my sons. I'm just not a sedan person.

 

Got it changed out. All the work was fiddling with the tank. Thanks for the write up as it came in handy. The old pump was dated 4-28-2000 so after 191k and 15 years it did its job.