Hi Art,

I read that when I was preparing to replace the fuel sender a few weeks ago. Thanks for carefully writing up your investigations.

The in tank pump sounds like it is running (I stuck piece of heater hose into the filler neck). The pipe between the filter and the main pump is fine. It looks like they did a reasonably careful job of replacing the pump (except for leaving one of the fuel filter fittings a little loose).

The new pump is not a Bosch pump. Without removing it I can't tell if it is Airtex or some other brand. Besides the main pump being louder than the old one, I see that the mechanic cut off the Bosch connectors and crimped on a couple of rings. I'll have to salvage the wires off of my parts car when I replace the pump.

I'm going to have the fuel tank down when I replace the fuel filler neck so I'm wondering if I should go ahead and replace the intank pump while I that close.

Greg