Mounting an electric fuel pump
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Electric pumps were designed to push fuel, not pull it. Mount the pump as low and as near to the tank as possible without putting it so low that it would get damaged by highway debris. | Electric pumps were designed to push fuel, not pull it. Mount the pump as low and as near to the tank as possible without putting it so low that it would get damaged by highway debris. | ||
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Mounting an electric fuel pump '''directly''' to the vehicle's frame or underbody, etc. is not a good method for most vehicles. If you solid-mount the pump (bolt it directly to a frame member or other suitable structure of the car), it will transmit the noise and vibrations made by the pump into the sheet metal of the car and can make a pretty good racket that gets old to your ears after a while. | Mounting an electric fuel pump '''directly''' to the vehicle's frame or underbody, etc. is not a good method for most vehicles. If you solid-mount the pump (bolt it directly to a frame member or other suitable structure of the car), it will transmit the noise and vibrations made by the pump into the sheet metal of the car and can make a pretty good racket that gets old to your ears after a while. | ||
| − | One way to mount an electric fuel pump is to use rubber insulated muffler/exhaust pipe hangers. These are black rubber hangers that are about 3/ | + | One way to mount an electric fuel pump is to use rubber insulated muffler/exhaust pipe hangers. These are black rubber hangers that are about 3/8" thick and 1" wide and look like they may have been cut from an old truck tire. They have holes drilled in them along the length and a quarter-round metal piece riveted onto one end of the hanger that matches the exhaust pipe curvature. The metal piece can be removed and as many of these hangars can be combined to give the size needed, then bolt the pump to the hangers to isolate the noise. One such hanger is the < $5.00/each Walker p/n 36273, shown below: |
[[File:Walker 36273.JPG]] | [[File:Walker 36273.JPG]] | ||
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==Mounting instructions on pdf== | ==Mounting instructions on pdf== | ||
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