Fitting fuel pump - advice

[Black Beauty]

Hi

Need to fit a new fuel pump at the weekend as the 30 year old original one has stopped working - no longevity to parts these days......

Anyway, two questions:

1. Are there any special considerations to think of when fitting the new fuel pump? I have orderd new hoses, rubber mountings etc to replace the old rusted parts but is this anything more than just a straight swap.

2. As can be seen from the photo below the original rubber mountings have come away from their mounting and I will have to drill out the original part, however I am a little nervous doing this in such a tight area and near the fuel tank / pump etc. There is a slight smell of fuel from when I was checking it out previously so I can put a rag around the pump and so on but I wondered if there was another way of doing it? I don't think there is but then most of those on this forum are better spannerers than me so you might have an alternative.

Cheers
Spence

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[Black Beauty]

More lovely rustiness to contend with!

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[chrisg]

If you haven't done already I'd fit a new fuel filter as well.

Looking at your photos it appears that the fuel pump on the Lux is exposed to the elements ?

On the turbo/S2 it sits in a 2-piece metal shield that at first glance looks like part of the tank, is this not the case on the Lux ?

Surely the petrol tank on the Lux and other models are the same ?

Yours

Chris

 

[Black Beauty]

There's no shield on the Lux, at least not on mine.

 

[robwright]

I think it may have been added with oval dash. AFAIK squares have metal tanks and oval plastic. May be wrong?