Hi folks,
I finally got the tank out from under my Seville, in order to replace the in tank fuel pump. This project never ends.
I have pulled the sending unit. I now have two problems. The first is that the pins on the new fuel pump are a little wider than the pins on my old one meaning that the connector won't go on (picture attached). I bought a Quantum pump that is supposed to fit my car, and the new pump looks essentially like the old one.
The only thing I can think of is to widen the holes a little on the original connector. What would you do?
Also, the new pump came with a rubber sleeve to "suspend" the unit; the old one had an integrated ridge to accomplish the same thing. On the original, there was a rubber ring that also held a tube in position (which I believe was for the excess fuel return line from before the car was switched to a carb). The new rubber sleeve doesn't have this bit. Can I (should I) use a wire tie to keep that line in place? I stupidly messed up the rubber ring so I'm stuck either way. I've attached a picture of this bit too.
What do you think?
Gary