Replacing Vortec fuel pump, pulling bed

454cid said:

The Denso fuel pump just arrived. It's made in China and looks a little generic, but hopefully the quality is there since it's Denso. It came with the updated connector that I need to splice in. I still have the old 4-sqaure connector, and the new one is 4-flat. It came with butt connectors, which don't strike me as being a good idea. I could find some of the ones that need to be heated and have goop that seals them, or maybe I could solder them.

The pumped shipped from a Denso Wharehouse in California, so Advance Auto didn't really ship slow.... Denso did. It's a drop ship arrangement, like what Rockauto does.

I ordered my bolts from McMaster-Carr. Ordering them is fast, but they don't tell you tax and shipping before hand, which is a little scary. I've always heard good things about them so hopefully shipping isn't much. It's supposed to arrive tomorrow.

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Gibson said:

Sorry you, (and many others,) have had to go thru such a hassle,, why GM didn't install a simple access plate is beyond me.
Even for an exposed pickup bed, the factory could have designed something that would work.
I know people who have a Tahoe or Suburban who have removed the carpeting and sawed a hole in the body, and then made a cover panel, rather than drop the tank.

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