bulletboy29

I dropped the tank on my '87 Camaro SC today and I want to remove the pump inside the tank. I have a few questions before I go any further.

How should I extend the fuel pick-up line and will Autozone have the parts I need to do this?

What should I do with left over wires for the pump?

Is a pusher pump outside the tank really necessary or will my mechanical pump do the job?


It's a stock 305 with CC Quadrajet. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Stekman

Why do you need to extend the pickup? Try finding an pre-86 LG4 pickup somewhere. Otherwise, I'm sure a rubber hose with some form of filter or screen at the end would suffice. I personally would use something along the lines of steel tubing.

Why would you have left over wires? Are you removing the factory helper pump? Which brings me to the next question:

Why are you removing the factory in-tank helper pump? Did it burn out? If so, a replacement pusher isn't needed, however, the pusher pump is one of those things that falls under the lines of "GM must have put it there for a reason." The reason would be to assist in vapor lock. The factory mechanical is capable of feeding 400+ hp engines. Depending on what mechanical and what pump you would use to replace the pusher, I'd say a mechanical would be suffiecient. But if you experience vapor lock, I would try installing either the helper pump, or fuel line heat wrap.

bulletboy29

Yes, I'm removing the factory helper pump. I'm trying to rule out a fuel starvation problem and I just want to do away with that pump and extend the pick-up tube. I never want have to take this tank out again for any reason!!! If the car will run without that pump then that will be ok with me. I will install a helper pump on the outside later if it needs it. The wire I'm talking about are the ones going to the helper pump in the tank. Do I just leave them hanging in the tank or snip the power wire up close the top? As for the extending the pick-up, does Autozone sell metal fuel line?