Fuelpump Daze

garblefabgelfrignfargin grrrrrrrrrrr

That damned retaining ring on the pump assembly.  I thought GM had screwed the pooch back in the 90’s with the ring that needed hammered into place,,, Boy oh boy was I wrong.  I’d almost prefer that set up to the newer design with a split ring,,,,    I managed to engage three of the ‘teeth’ holding that split ring and I am ‘fingers crossed’ that they hold.   Luckily, I have been here before and had cut an access port behind the seat of the passenger compartment to access the fuel pump without needing to drop the tank,,,  Thats a serious PITA,,,,  Even more so than what I just went through.   (and why can’t GM do what Toyota does, with a ring that BOLTS in place,,,,   It lines up or it doesn’t, not this gabblefrackin’ goofball set up that MIGHT be lined up correctly,,,,  Oh for the days when fuel pumps were INLINE, not internal,,,,   Sorta miss that about my old Fiats: simple, WORKED, and being Bosch, probably keep working long after the car had rusted away.

Ah,,, so long as what I have in place holds, the deal is done: new pump, better performing engine that actually engages TCC at highway speed again.(if there isn’t enough power, like a weak fuel feed will do, you never actually go into OD.   More fuel consumption, that,,,,)  Pulled up the hill like her oldself again.  I was worried when I was headed home to do the work and had to shift into LO to get the RPM’s up enough to pull the hill.  

And to boot, (I’m laughin’ about it now) I did all of this while a spring Thunderboomer was blowin’ through.   Matched my mood PERFECTLY.   And it was blowing out when I was firing up Buffalo to check things out. 

One more item to change out, and it will be here tomorrow: O2 bank 1 Sensor1.   I was hoping that they would both be here today, but,,,,,,

Th’as a’ight, Its a minor code being thrown and I know that the old headgasket leak is what killed it (shoulda changed it then, but $$$,, Was already hip deep paying for the gaskets and other stuff.)  But,,,, Teats or Tires.    I replace this one, bank 2 is gonna shit-out: Betcha!

Short day at the shop.   5 hours, but I have a 31′ Cantilever gate hogging up my shop until I can get the boys to help me stand it up and finish it.   Then I have another that will be nearly 45′ long to build.    Don’t like ’em, too damned big IMO, BUT, they are my bread and butter, so to speak.   Not only am I the builder, I am the installer for the gate controllers as well.    About the only thing I don’t have my paws involved in, is setting up the posts to hold the bloody things. 

Currently, I have one finished, one half done and another on project.   And thats just one site.   All three will be powered, though at this time, I don’t know how ‘remote’ they will be.   Usual is just keypad entry or remote ‘keyfob’, or both.   I have had one or two that were routed through computer systems that were absolute NIGHTMARES  (and I had to dig deep in the memory banks to remember my sysadmin days for the computer stuff.)  Yeah, I wear a few hats at the J.O.B.      

BUT NOW

Beer thirty.  Already did a test run of Buffalo to fill her tank back up.   Happy to see I have a working fuel gauge again. (you think I was gonna do a fuel pump swap with a full tank?  HA!!!  Ya’right!) And I have some idea of what ‘1/8th tank’ means.    I still had 7 gallons in the tank when I filled back up.   Good to know on road trips.  

and it’s time to unwind,,,,

y’all take care.

Live

Love

LAUGH

Learn

LOAD