Post by Mastiffman/ Duramax7Man7 on Feb 24, 2017 9:10:21 GMT -5
Okay,
SO this all started about a year ago after blowing the fuel pump fuse under the hood. After some research I found out that when this happens, it means that the ford fuel pump is degrading and overdraws current and this is why the fuse blows. So yesterday I ran down to DTW Airport to pick up some fish and when I wen to go start the explorer up to leave, the engine started, idle for about 2 seconds at 1k rpms and then slowly dropped down, shutting off.
Long story short... Checked the fuel pump fuse again, it was blown. Check the fuel pump relay by swapping it with another of the same part number which was for the high beams and still nothing. Had to wait 1.5hr for great lakes towing to bring a flat bed truck to pick up the truck. Truck is now sitting in the driveway and I'll need to replace the fuel pump by dropping the fuel tank, pulling the old one and replacing it with a new pump assembly and then bolting everything back up.
Bill Brown Ford (Local Ford Dealer) wanted $950 to do this job. I asked how much the pump assembly was and they said something like $545!!!
!!! YIKES!
I can get a new one off of ebay SHIPPED for under $55 and from one of the local autoparts stores for well under half that at the most and as low as $145...
Anyone else every do this job before? It appears to be only a handful of bolts...
Downside? Today is my 10yr Anniversary with the Mrs... So will need to try and get this done before we do anything. May just wait until the weekend...
Good thing? We have a 22 gallon tank and there was just over a 1/8th of a tank Left! That will make the job easier for sure. And it's going to warmer today. AND we rented a 2017 4 door F150... WOW. It's been 15 years since we drive a new vehicle... Almost regret getting such a nice one to rent.
... Right now we wont be able to afford a new vehicle. Things are too tight. But no worries as I can fix anything on our current vehicle that needs to be fix or replace.
So I praise God for that... The way my mind works is that I always end up looking at everything in my mind with an exploded view of parts that are all assembled together. So that seems to make new tasks more easily understood and addressed. It helps to overlook any intimidating factor there could be.
SO this all started about a year ago after blowing the fuel pump fuse under the hood. After some research I found out that when this happens, it means that the ford fuel pump is degrading and overdraws current and this is why the fuse blows. So yesterday I ran down to DTW Airport to pick up some fish and when I wen to go start the explorer up to leave, the engine started, idle for about 2 seconds at 1k rpms and then slowly dropped down, shutting off.
Long story short... Checked the fuel pump fuse again, it was blown. Check the fuel pump relay by swapping it with another of the same part number which was for the high beams and still nothing. Had to wait 1.5hr for great lakes towing to bring a flat bed truck to pick up the truck. Truck is now sitting in the driveway and I'll need to replace the fuel pump by dropping the fuel tank, pulling the old one and replacing it with a new pump assembly and then bolting everything back up.
Bill Brown Ford (Local Ford Dealer) wanted $950 to do this job. I asked how much the pump assembly was and they said something like $545!!!
!!! YIKES! I can get a new one off of ebay SHIPPED for under $55 and from one of the local autoparts stores for well under half that at the most and as low as $145...
Anyone else every do this job before? It appears to be only a handful of bolts...
Downside? Today is my 10yr Anniversary with the Mrs... So will need to try and get this done before we do anything. May just wait until the weekend...
Good thing? We have a 22 gallon tank and there was just over a 1/8th of a tank Left! That will make the job easier for sure. And it's going to warmer today. AND we rented a 2017 4 door F150... WOW. It's been 15 years since we drive a new vehicle... Almost regret getting such a nice one to rent.
... Right now we wont be able to afford a new vehicle. Things are too tight. But no worries as I can fix anything on our current vehicle that needs to be fix or replace.So I praise God for that... The way my mind works is that I always end up looking at everything in my mind with an exploded view of parts that are all assembled together. So that seems to make new tasks more easily understood and addressed. It helps to overlook any intimidating factor there could be.
