well I have about 3/4 of gas in the tank so that shouldnt be a problem.

Thanks for the help.

 

anyone have pics of the new pump fitment into the old location or the wiring etc?

 

Don’t laugh at this pic, When I installed the pump for the first time, I soldered all connections. (I always do) then I put heat shrink on over the connection. Well when I had to pull the pump because I didn't install the hose clamp over the new pump, I found my heat shrink did not like gas and had left the two wires exposed. That’s not exactly good inside the fuel tank, so I came up with this quick fix. It would have helped if I didn't splice the wires together at the same length.
As you can see I hooked up grey into red and black to black. Sorry I don't have any pics of the pump itself.

 

A little clarity please. Did you leave the dual inlet sock on the bottom of the bucket and just put the whole pump/sock assembly in so it feeds from the bucket? Or did you stick the inlet of the pump thru the hole in the bottom of the bucket so that if feeds from the bottom of the tank?

 

I aksed when I was doing the install. The pump assembly and sock are put in the bucket and it pulls from inside. The pump itself will not fit through the opening in the bottom of the bucket without cutting. I have been using this same pump for a while now and have not had any problems. I have ran it down until the low fuel lights comes on and still get good pressure, granted I never went wot with it that low.

 

As far as an inline out floing a stocker your right, but, your stock fule pump is rated at say 100lph at 50 psi (I dont really know this is just an example) and you put a holley in line that flow 255lph at 65psi, your stock pump now has to flow 255lph, but the psi will be much less, but its no big deal because the inline pump is now doing all the work, basically all the intank pump has to do is suppily the inline with the volume of fuel and the inline pump will do the rest.

 

You have the Holley which has a large center inlet correct? Is the inlet physicaly too large to fit thru the hole in the bucket or does it just not line up correctly?

I am still debating on which method would be better. Feeding from the bottom of the tank or from inside the bucket.

 

I have a holley pump at the house, it is too big physicaly to fit through the hole in the bucket. You could allways make the hole bigger. I guess either method works.
I was going to save that pump, but if you think you might need it I may sell it. It's brand new.

 

I definately NEED a pump! I can't spray the truck till I get one. I just have to decide on which way I want to do it. Depending on how the baffeling is in the truck tanks, I think I like the idea of a tank feed better. I am also going to look at my spare bucket assembly again tonight to figure out a few things.

All you guys that have changed your pumps, did you notice how well the tank was or was not baffeled while you were changing it?

 

Plastic tank=no baffles. That's the primary function of the bucket(to keep the pump submerged in fuel no matter what the tank fuel level is). Here's mine.