Da'40: The Baby Steps Forward

[mmw68]

Jon,
I run a summit racing pump on my 3FE. It's mounted at the rear of my truck on the frame rail. When I first start the truck up, I can hear it running, and even hear the fuel flowing back into the tank under the PS seat. I kind of like being able to hear it to just make sure things are working. I have a hidden off switch, and sometimes I jump in the truck and forget to flip it, so the fuel pump sound it a nice reminder. Details are in my 3FE40 thread, but it looks just like the pumps you show in your pictues.

Also - I've had this pump in the truck for almost a year, and have been daily driving the FJ40, and I've had no problems.

Once Iam driving, and have the radio playing, I don't even notice it. Just my $.02.

-Mark

[pappy]

Mark,

I think we might have the same pump from Summit. The pump was very loud bolted directly to the frame. You could hear it from the drivers seat with the engine running. Now, I can hear the pump when I walk back to the rear wheels, but not with the engine running from the seat. It was much better on the freeway yesterday.

The first pump I installed gave me a few fits. I bought a backup and installed it recently. The second pump sounds better than the first pump and so far has not been a problem. I carry the first pump as a spare. I'm still going to install a Cressida/Celia pump. They are very quiet, but cost a fortune new.

As I recall our pumps are wired differently. Yours comes directly off the ignition switch, while mine is triggered by the ECU.

[BionicCruiser]

i have a chevy van pump on my 40. i need 35-40psi. i forget what you needed Jon. i have the part # around here somewhere. it is fairly quiet and runs about$120 at NAPA. i have had to put in the surge tank like others mentioned here. i have had 1 go out over time, but with plenty of warning.

[pappy]

I H8 electrical gremlins.

Since coming back from Moab I've had a problem with the tail lights. The fuse keeps popping. Since I built the harness I had an idea how to go about isolating the "short." I started by isolating lights. Fender lights, apron lights, bib lights, tail lights. Fuse kept popping. That only left the dash ... and the relay. Ummmmm.

Since the fuse was not popping quickly I suspected it wasn't a ground short. The lights would stay on for awhile, then pop the fuse. I suspected the relay. As I recall, I had the same problem with the head light relay awhile back. They were both from the same "batch," in other words the same purchase.

I swapped out the relay. The lights have been on for half an hour now. I hope that was it.