I’ve got a question in here so bare with me….first some background to help folks respond.
I did a full frame off resto on my 79FJ40 about 10 years ago…..literally everything was rebuilt or replaced back to factory original. Took me two years to do all the work. Truck has factory power steering as well. Only real non-stock item is I went with a disc brake conversion on the rear axles to give me 4 way disc brakes…..love it. However, even after rebuilding the carb a few times it never really ran “great”….summer time is ‘worse’ than other cooler months.…always something with all those darn vacuum lines and switches. Truck isn’t driven a lot and as a result my factory fuel pump is likely on the fritz…
I’ve disconnected the fuel line from carb and cranked it….no fuel to carb. Disconnected the fuel line in front of the factory fuel pump and was able to handpump fuel from the tank no problem…no restrictions. Fuel filter is clear as well so I’m pretty confident the fuel pump has finally given up. I’m going to confirm by hooking up a small portable tank to the fuel supply line of the pump and then crank it again to be sure no fuel is going to the carb. If that is in fact the problem…..I’m thinking it might be time to save money on buying a new factory OEM fuel pump and apply those $$ ($150 ish) to a 2 bbl Holley Sniper EFI. From what I’ve read on this forum and others…..everyone has experienced greatly improved performance and reliability.
So fellow cruiser enthusiasts ……would making the conversion hurt the overall value of the truck going forward? Keep in mind that I’m not interesting in selling anytime soon. I’ll keep all the stock items in a box so if I ever need to reinstall I could (yes, that’s unlikely). I know I’ll enjoy something that runs better and if/when I do sell I suspect the new owner would as well. I live in state that no longer requires emission inspections or for that matter any inspection on a truck of this age. I’ve included a few pics of my truck for view. Thoughts?
PS….the 79FJ40 stock fuel tank has a supply and return line already built into the tank. That said the tubing is a bit small for what Holley recommends for the Sniper install….minimum of 3/8” for supply and return lines while the stock lines are I believe 5/16”. Since the supply/return junction with the stock fuel tank is removable with a few screws….I could fairly easily fab up a new supply/return setup and attach back to the stock tank.
I did a full frame off resto on my 79FJ40 about 10 years ago…..literally everything was rebuilt or replaced back to factory original. Took me two years to do all the work. Truck has factory power steering as well. Only real non-stock item is I went with a disc brake conversion on the rear axles to give me 4 way disc brakes…..love it. However, even after rebuilding the carb a few times it never really ran “great”….summer time is ‘worse’ than other cooler months.…always something with all those darn vacuum lines and switches. Truck isn’t driven a lot and as a result my factory fuel pump is likely on the fritz…
I’ve disconnected the fuel line from carb and cranked it….no fuel to carb. Disconnected the fuel line in front of the factory fuel pump and was able to handpump fuel from the tank no problem…no restrictions. Fuel filter is clear as well so I’m pretty confident the fuel pump has finally given up. I’m going to confirm by hooking up a small portable tank to the fuel supply line of the pump and then crank it again to be sure no fuel is going to the carb. If that is in fact the problem…..I’m thinking it might be time to save money on buying a new factory OEM fuel pump and apply those $$ ($150 ish) to a 2 bbl Holley Sniper EFI. From what I’ve read on this forum and others…..everyone has experienced greatly improved performance and reliability.
So fellow cruiser enthusiasts ……would making the conversion hurt the overall value of the truck going forward? Keep in mind that I’m not interesting in selling anytime soon. I’ll keep all the stock items in a box so if I ever need to reinstall I could (yes, that’s unlikely). I know I’ll enjoy something that runs better and if/when I do sell I suspect the new owner would as well. I live in state that no longer requires emission inspections or for that matter any inspection on a truck of this age. I’ve included a few pics of my truck for view. Thoughts?
PS….the 79FJ40 stock fuel tank has a supply and return line already built into the tank. That said the tubing is a bit small for what Holley recommends for the Sniper install….minimum of 3/8” for supply and return lines while the stock lines are I believe 5/16”. Since the supply/return junction with the stock fuel tank is removable with a few screws….I could fairly easily fab up a new supply/return setup and attach back to the stock tank.