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Old January 29th, 2022, 08:15 PM
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Default Re: Fuel Pump

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Originally Posted by kknotts View Post
I have been a stubborn disciple of staying completely original but after four mechanical pump failures over roughly ten years I bit the bullet and installed an electrical. Man! What took me long!! Fast easy start ups and a smooth running happy truck.
I like them both, so what I do is keep the original mechanical pump and install an electric pump as a backup. It saved my bacon one time when I was in heavy interstate traffic and my engine died. Thank goodness I had the presence of mind to reach down a flip the electric pump switch since I was in the fast lane at the time.

Electric pumps are also helpful for priming the float bowl in trucks that are not driven often.
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