DAMN Kyle
You have bad luck with fuel pumps, what kind of gas do you use, LOL. I hope
you get this fixed quick, as they are expensive!
Jay
-----Original Message-----
From: Kyle Kozubal <grndak4x4@home.com>
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Date: Saturday, January 20, 2001 9:31 AM
Subject: DML: Yet Another Fuel Pump Assembly!
>Well night my truck's fuel pump decided to quit, again. So I pushed it 3
>blocks to my house, luckily I wasnt far from. This last pump, purchased
from
>Napa, lasted from 108,000 miles to 134,800 miles; of course is only came
>with a year warranty. My records indicate that historically(sad I have a
>historical record of my truck's fuel pumps!) The Napa unit is/was a Carter
>fuel pump also. Whenever the gas gauge starts to act up, the fuel pump is
>soon to go. From the time the sending unit went out to the time the pump
>died last night, was 2 weeks.
>
>So today I called around and it seems prices have gone up. The last pump I
>bought was $135 through Napa 2 years ago, and Napa wants $172 for the same
>pump. I really didnt want to go with another Carter fuel pump, since my
>truck has gone through 4 of them already. I called around and found Borg
>Warner fuel pumps, Kem fuel pumps, and Masters fuel pump. All came with a
>lifetime warranty, but the Masters from Autozone was $40 cheaper; $152 for
>the entire assembly. I dont understand why I never bought a lifetime pump
in
>the first place! I opened the box up, and holy cow.........once again it
is
>a Carter fuel pump assembly. Haha, well atleast now I have a lifetime
>warranty when this unit goes out in another 26-30,000 miles! I went to the
>dealer and bought a new tank cap($6) and two new gas line retainer
>clips($1.75 each). So tomorrow morning I wil be installing my truck's 5th
>fuel pump assembly. Must be these darn Ford Motorsport #19 injectors are
>incompatible with Carter fuel pumps, eh? Hehe.
>Kyle
>93 Dakota 4x4 V6
>
>
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