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Access door to change fuel pump - 4th Gen

Old 07-10-2008, 05:38 PM
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Access door to change fuel pump - 4th Gen

How many of you have done this, i really am leary about doing it this way, but under the circumstances, i'm at my wits end, story is, i just installed a new pump (walbro knock-off) when i installed my 9", now it looks like this pump isn't working right, so after all this, i'm just not in the mood to be dropping the rearend & pulling the tank again, so do you think its safe enough? also looking for the measurements on where to cut the door & tools needed.

I've thought about just addeing a inline pump, but not sure if it'll work right, this would save me alot of hassle, bad idea?
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Old 07-10-2008, 05:40 PM
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Do not cut the car up. Do it right or don't do it at all. Just my two$.
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Old 07-10-2008, 06:21 PM
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I paid the big bucks to have mine replaced. But if you want to try the quck fix here is a url that has that info:
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Old 07-10-2008, 07:57 PM
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I put the door in mine and I absolutely love it. As a matter of fact I just put in a new walbro 2 weeks ago and I'm not getting pressure from it now. Easy to check. BTW I have been an aircraft mechanic for over 17 years and I believe in doing things the right way once. However if there is an easier way that is still safe, why not. No one will see it or know it is there but you. My two cents.
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Old 07-11-2008, 01:18 AM
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Originally Posted by AXEMAN
I put the door in mine and I absolutely love it. As a matter of fact I just put in a new walbro 2 weeks ago and I'm not getting pressure from it now. Easy to check. BTW I have been an aircraft mechanic for over 17 years and I believe in doing things the right way once. However if there is an easier way that is still safe, why not. No one will see it or know it is there but you. My two cents.

I'm going to do the door, after hearing of all these walbro pumps going bad, i'm just going with the holley.
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Old 07-11-2008, 01:09 PM
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Originally Posted by LJM97Z
I'm going to do the door, after hearing of all these walbro pumps going bad, i'm just going with the holley.
That will not matter as they are both made by Walbro to the best of my knowledge.
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A buddy of mine just bought a Holley fuel pump for his car last week. One side of it says Holley the other side says Walbro.
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Old 07-11-2008, 04:04 PM
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There sending me another pump, so i'll try it first.
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Old 07-11-2008, 06:02 PM
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Just buy an AC Delco pump. It's more expensive but you get what you pay for. My new one has been running 10k miles strong.
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Old 07-12-2008, 12:28 AM
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It took me 36 minutes to cut and r/r my 255lph Walbro...

I wouldn't think twice about cutting it again.

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Old 07-12-2008, 01:11 AM
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It took me 36 minutes to cut and r/r my 255lph Walbro...
So I can get it is much or
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Old 07-12-2008, 01:32 AM
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Originally Posted by Green96Z
Just buy an AC Delco pump. It's more expensive but you get what you pay for. My new one has been running 10k miles strong.
Ya know, i'm really thinking about doing this, hell, this factory pump is still working after 158K, so is the Opti, go figure, how much or the AC Delco pumps?
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Originally Posted by IPrice
It took me 36 minutes to cut and r/r my 255lph Walbro...

I wouldn't think twice about cutting it again.

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It took me about the same amount of time to make the hole. And i have worked on my pump a couple times since then, so i am damn glad all I had to do was pull back the carpet and unbolt the hatch. I don't have any reservations whatsoever about this not hurting the car in some way.

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Once you make the access door and you need to go back in there again at some point, you'll say to yourself "Man.... I'm glad i did that access door mod! ". I too am a member of the access door club.

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Old 07-12-2008, 01:47 PM
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Thanks for the replies, i really don't mind doing the door, it is IMO in no way going to hurt the value of these F bodies, look how cheap there selling for.
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