Cascade Crew

91camaro_rs · Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 9:01 pm Post subject: Fuel Pump

so my friend has a 92 RS with the 3.1L. we found out that his fuel pump is bad...so he was quoted at a 530$ fix. i was like screw that lets do it ourselves...so before i get myself into a big mess. how difficult is it to replace a fuel pump in a 3rd gen?

iansane · Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 9:55 pm Post subject:

Step one: Disconnect Negative battery cable. Laughing

Drop axle, pull tank (fun w/ the fixed fill tube), replace pump.

Installation is the reverse.

83Z28BlackBetty · Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 10:04 pm Post subject:

don't be fooled, its not an "easy" one to do. But you can do it! its just a time consuming process.

Just as Ian said. Dropping the rear axle makes it much easier to get it out. Also, its much easier when the tank is empty Embarassed

~JAKE

Twilightoptics · Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 10:05 pm Post subject:

Get her butt up way in the air! Laughing

91camaro_rs · Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 10:08 am Post subject:

haha alright. i remember how to drop the axle from when i replaced my shocks and springs. so ill just dedicate a weekend to workin on it. thanks guys!

91camaro_rs · Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 10:51 am Post subject:

oh wait. one thing, since the whole rear end/ axle drops i dont need to compress the springs do i?

blue89 · Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 11:36 am Post subject:

read this:
http://cascadecrew.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=5683&start=60&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=
the springs come right out if you pull the shocks off and drop the axle. Be sure to disconnect the brake hardline bracket from the chassis first too.

91RSVert · Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 12:05 pm Post subject:

Somewhere on here very recently, maybe that thread travis posted. But I typed an almost step by step on it.

iansane · Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 1:16 pm Post subject:

91camaro_rs · Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 1:45 pm Post subject:

ok that would be awesome. ill let ya know

91camaro_rs · Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 2:04 pm Post subject:

well i just got off the phone with him and he already had it in the shop, i guess he hardly made it home so he just had it done right away, now i just gotta figure out this whole chip thing for my car haha

kutison · Posted: Thu May 28, 2009 1:15 pm Post subject:

Alright, the last guy to own my car was lazy and cheated in a creative way

fold the back seat forward and pull up the carpet, cut out a patch of the exposed metal (not with a torch)

and you should be looking at your fuel lines and the gas tank lid under which lies your fuel pump.

With that said it's probably better that you do it the right way as mentioned previously, it just saved me a lot of time.

iansane · Posted: Thu May 28, 2009 3:44 pm Post subject:

Twilightoptics · Posted: Thu May 28, 2009 5:12 pm Post subject:

Lots of rigs have sealed doors. Lots don't.

It's the hacked up sawzall to hell stuff that gets truely frowned upon!

kutison · Posted: Fri May 29, 2009 1:31 pm Post subject:

heh, good point, I don't know what he used to cut it out without damaging the tank. I guess if your more careful then I, more options would open up to you.

Quasi-Traction · Posted: Fri May 29, 2009 1:36 pm Post subject:

I know it can be done with a sawzall and/or cutoff wheel if you're careful.

Before I junked my old 84 Sport coupe, I cut that whole section out for rod so he could repair his car because his had been cut up.

kutison · Posted: Fri May 29, 2009 1:41 pm Post subject:

yah, I think carefully with a wheel would work well, I just imagine me destroying my back end of poor betsy with a sawzall.