Trailer tow vehicle fuel pumps

Bob Kuykendall wrote:


Electric Fuel Pump failure grumbling schtuff snipped...

A) Everything is DIY for the resourceful and motivated.
True enough, but Mr. Time usually has his say! (This from a
self-described reasonably resourceful and motivated sort [aka 'cheap
*******'].)
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B) All of the cars for which I've replaced the in-tank pump allowed
access through a panel in the trunk or under the cargo deck. None so
far have required dropping the tank.
You haven't done a 1987 Ford Mustang LX, then...or lots of other Fords
which don't have as one of Ford's better ideas (remember that ad
campaign?) thru-trunk gastank/in-tank-fuel-pump access. One of many
battles accountants and/or bad management won over engineering. Or
(bowing to Occam) maybe simply bad engineering...

As an engineer and original owner of a (still running and
retired-to-[glider/utility/critter]-towing) 1972 Ford Maverick with
bolt-on mechanical fuel pump, I feel qualified expressing contemptuous
opinions on this particular topic!
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D) In my experience, failure of fuel pump relays is far more common
than failure of the pump. Usually they can be fixed by peeling them
open and resoldering the crack-prone joints where the heavy relay
frame meets the circuit board.

That hasn't been my experience, but (thankfully) my data sample can
still be counted on one hand. My solution has been to buy replacement
pumps from Autozone (kids, keep your receipts!) - they come with a
lifetime warranty (as do their gas struts). Clearly these fine folks
don't know who they're dealing with!

Bob - feeling ornery today - W.