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On Thu, 2004-04-29 at 20:36, Joel Briglia wrote: > I put the fuel tank back into my car after a good cleaning and hooked up all > of the lines using new hoses and clamps. When I put some gas in the tank, > the fuel pump started to leak. It seems to be leaking between the electric > motor and the pump. I had considered replacing it since it is the original > 31 year old pump, but the only replacement that I can find is a $350.00 > Bosch unit from aircooled.net. Does anyone else sell new fuel pumps? I was > hoping to get by on the old one and I really don't want to spend that much > on a new one! > If you can't find a cheaper one, I went with a Ford Ranger pump when mine crapped out on the way home from work one night. The shop that towed me in, had a used ranger one in his junk box. It worked, and it got me home. And it is still in place. He charged me $20 for the towing and the pump. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '65 T1 (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org